by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Harding University landed the #393 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
Harding also ranked #4 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas.
Harding was ranked #393 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
Harding also ranked #4 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Arkansas.
Women make up 59.9% of the total graduate student body at Harding while men make you 40.1%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Harding, around 18.2% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Harding. Around 1.3% of graduate students are international. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,540 | $10,540 |
| Fees | $540 | $540 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Harding, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $59,423. That's about 2% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Harding enter careers with an average starting salary of $93,582. That's good news for those graduates since it is 24% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Harding University.
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 |
About 48.6% of the graduate students at Harding University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 36.4% of grad students took all of their classes online.
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 |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 8 |
| Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences | 46 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 35 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 3 |
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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