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Freed-Hardeman University was awarded 21 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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FHU landed the #898 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when FHU held the #1,278 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
FHU also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Tennessee ranking.
The acceptance rate at Freed-Hardeman University is 91%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into FHU is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
About 6% of students accepted to FHU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 630.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Freed-Hardeman University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Freed-Hardeman University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 92% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Freed-Hardeman University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At FHU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 58%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Freed-Hardeman University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,727 undergraduates at FHU with 1,312 being full-time and 415 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,395 | $15,984 | $18,112 | $20,796 | $20,965 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of FHU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At FHU, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $6,851 a year. That adds up to $27,404 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for FHU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 158 E Main St, Henderson, TN 38340-2399 |
| Phone: | 800-348-3481 |
| Website: | www.fhu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 62 | $40,936 |
| Teaching English or French | 46 | NA |
| Nursing | 37 | $64,784 |
| Business Administration & Management | 30 | NA |
| Biblical Studies | 26 | $44,142 |
| Educational Administration | 24 | NA |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 23 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 21 | NA |
| Accounting | 20 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 20 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 890 students took at least one online class at Freed-Hardeman University. This is a decrease from the 949 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 890 | 548 |
| 2021-2022 | 949 | 514 |
| 2020-2021 | 677 | 390 |
| 2018-2019 | 460 | 252 |
Learn more about online learning at Freed-Hardeman University.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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