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Harding University was awarded 454 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
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Harding is ranked #618 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Harding is also ranked #3 out of 34 schools in Arkansas.
Harding University has an acceptance rate of 54%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Harding.
About 23% of students accepted to Harding submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 660. Math scores were between 520 and 640.
With a student to faculty ratio of 16 to 1, Harding 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.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Harding University is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Harding 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Harding for first-time, full-time students is 48%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,572 undergraduates at Harding with 3,294 being full-time and 278 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,856 | $16,763 | $17,077 | $21,187 | $22,080 |
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 Harding, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Harding, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $7,026 a year. That adds up to $28,104 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Harding is 3.1%. 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.
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Contact details for Harding are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 915 E. Market Ave., Searcy, AR 72149-5615 |
| Phone: | 501-279-4000 |
| Website: | www.harding.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/HardingU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HardingU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 70 | $34,503 |
| Health & Physical Education | 48 | NA |
| Accounting | 47 | $56,219 |
| Nursing | 47 | $57,642 |
| Communication Sciences | 44 | $25,296 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 37 | $25,870 |
| Marketing | 34 | $40,928 |
| Computer Science | 32 | $72,335 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 29 | $36,408 |
| Biblical Studies | 28 | $28,728 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,493 students took at least one online class at Harding University. This is an increase from the 1,087 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,493 | 916 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,087 | 359 |
| 2018-2019 | 574 | 290 |
| 2017-2018 | 512 | 249 |
| 2016-2017 | 518 | 270 |
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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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