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Hardin - Simmons University was awarded 39 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & dance education.
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Hardin - Simmons landed the #1,525 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, Hardin - Simmons is ranked at #79.
With an acceptance rate of 95%, Hardin - Simmons has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 37% of students accepted to Hardin - Simmons submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 580.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Hardin - Simmons University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Hardin - Simmons University is 58%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Hardin - Simmons University is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Hardin - Simmons this rate is 38%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,618 undergraduates at Hardin - Simmons with 1,522 being full-time and 96 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,956 | $17,979 | $19,354 | $21,557 | $26,584 |
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 Hardin - Simmons, 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 Hardin - Simmons, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,225 a year. That adds up to $28,900 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hardin - Simmons is 6.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Hardin - Simmons are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2200 Hickory, Abilene, TX 79698-0001 |
| Phone: | 325-670-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.hsutx.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hardin.simmons.university |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HardinSimmons |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 45 | $26,694 |
| Health & Physical Education | 34 | NA |
| General Biology | 34 | $27,241 |
| General Psychology | 24 | $22,779 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20 | $45,064 |
| Accounting | 14 | NA |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 13 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 11 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 10 | $40,798 |
| Marketing | 9 | 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 2020-2021, 1,171 students took at least one online class at Hardin - Simmons University. This is a decrease from the 1,394 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,171 | 185 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,394 | 259 |
| 2018-2019 | 760 | 133 |
| 2017-2018 | 536 | 112 |
| 2016-2017 | 516 | 0 |
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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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