Howard University in Washington, DC, United States, has withdrawn places for 502 incoming first-year students who failed to meet deadlines related to tuition payments, payment arrangements, scholarships or other financial aid, just weeks before the Fall 2026 semester is scheduled to begin.

Dozens of Howard University students were ready to start college. Then an unexpected email turned their plans upside down just weeks before classes.

University disenrolled more than 500 incoming freshman