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Howard University  

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  • Howard University, in Washington, D.C., is a private historically Black university that currently provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional education through 12 schools and colleges to a student enrollment of about 11,000. It has granted PhDs to more African Americans than any U.S. university. [Source: Encyclopedia of African American Education; Howard University]

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