🏠 Howard University — Parent Guide

🏠 How housing selection works at Howard University

First-year residency requirement.Howard requires entering first-year students to live in university housing for at least their first year, with limited commuter exemptions for students whose families live in the DC metro area.

First-year placement.First-years are placed in (historically men), Bethune Annex, or the Harriet Tubman Quadrangle (Wheatley, Crandall, Truth, Baldwin — historically women). roommate assignments are confirmed via summer matching.

Sophomore + upperclass options.Returning students enter a class-priority lottery for halls including (co-ed suites), (apartment-style on 16th Street NW), (apartment-style off the main campus), and the Towers (East and West Towers apartment-style).

Greek life.Howard is the spiritual home of the "Divine Nine" — the National Pan-Hellenic Council historically Black fraternities and sororities, including AKA, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi, and others. Chapters maintain organizational status with reserved meeting and event space, but Greek-letter organizations do not have on-campus .