Claim: Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University in Washington D.C.

Not to be confused with Harvard University .   Howard University -LRB- HU or simply Howard -RRB- is a federally chartered , private , coeducational , nonsectarian , historically black university -LRB- HBCU -RRB- in Washington , D.C. . It is recognized by the Carnegie Foundation as a research university with high research activity and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education .   From its outset it has been nonsectarian and open to people of both genders and all races . In addition to the over 70 distinct undergraduate programs , Howard has graduate programs in business , nursing , engineering , pharmacy , law , social work , education , communications , art , science , divinity , dentistry , and medicine .   Howard is classified as a Tier 1 national university and ranks second among HBCUs by U.S. News & World Report . Howard is the only HBCU ranked in the top 75 on the 2015 Bloomberg Businessweek college rankings . The Princeton Review ranked the school of business first in opportunities for minority students and in the top five for most competitive students . The National Law Journal ranked the law school among the top 25 in the nation for placing graduates at the most successful law firms . Howard has produced four Rhodes Scholars between 1986 and 2017 . Between 1998 and 2009 , Howard University produced a Marshall Scholar , two Truman Scholars , twenty-two Fulbright Scholars and ten Pickering Fellows . In 2011 , the Huffington Post named Howard the second best-dressed college in the nation . Howard is the most comprehensive HBCU in the nation and produces the most black doctorate recipients of any university .