Freed-Hardeman University Teaching Programs

Located in Henderson, Tennessee, Freed-Hardeman University is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of FHU is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is Freed-Hardeman University?

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

How Do I Get Into FHU?

You can apply to FHU online at: www.fhu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for FHU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into FHU?

FHU has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

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.

FHU received ACT scores from 81% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford Freed-Hardeman University?

The overall average net price of FHU is $22,186. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 54% of students took out student loans averaging $5,917 a year. That adds up to $23,668 over four years for those students.

Freed-Hardeman University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,797 undergraduate students at FHU, with 1,378 being full-time and 419 being part-time.

There are also 523 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,378 full-time undergraduates at FHU, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Freed-Hardeman University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	53
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1,219
International Students	26
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Freed-Hardeman University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at FHU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Costa Rica, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Freed-Hardeman University

In 2022-2023, 890 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FHU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 17th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Freed-Hardeman University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	43	3	0	46
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	18	3	3	24
Elementary Education	15	0	6	0	21
Secondary Education	14	3	4	0	21
Early Childhood Education	3	7	7	0	17
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	8	0	0	8
General Special Education	4	0	3	0	7
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	6	0	6
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	3	0	0	0	3
General Education	0	1	0	0	1
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	39	80	32	3	154

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Skye Marthaler under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.