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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.

$22,186 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
88% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Freed-Hardeman University?

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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

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 Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FHU?

88% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores
FHU has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 11% 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 485 and 610. Math scores were between 500 and 585.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Freed-Hardeman University  ( 485 to 610 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Freed-Hardeman University  ( 500 to 585 )
200
800
FHU received ACT scores from 92% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

ACT English Scores for Freed-Hardeman University  ( 21 to 30 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Freed-Hardeman University  ( 19 to 26 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Freed-Hardeman University  ( 21 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford Freed-Hardeman University?

$22,186 Net Price
54% Take Out Loans
2.2% Loan Default Rate
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.

The student loan default rate at FHU is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Freed-Hardeman University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,378 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,797 undergraduate students at FHU, with 1,378 being full-time and 419 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

514 Took All Classes Online
949 Took At Least One Class Online
21.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 949 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.

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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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of FHU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Freed-Hardeman University was 21.5%. This is the #741 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at FHU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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