by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Freed-Hardeman University landed the #871 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
FHU also ranked #23 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Tennessee.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and FHU took the #516 spot on the list.
FHU also ranked #14 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Tennessee.
The total graduate student population at FHU is made up of 64.4% women and 35.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 46.2% of the graduate student population at FHU. FHU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.2% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,980 | $10,980 |
After obtaining their master's degree from FHU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $36,983. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 37% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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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/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/fhulions |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 93.7% of the graduate students at FHU took at least one online course. Approximately 79.3% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 2 |
| Educational Administration | 9 |
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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