- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Fisk University
Nashville, TNCity: largeZIP 37208Founded 1866
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1866
- Motto
- Her sons and daughters are forever on the altar
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1982
- Website
- www.fisk.edu
- Member of
- ORAU
TennesseeHBCUPrivate nonprofit
Fisk University
Fisk University is a private nonprofit university in Nashville, Tennessee, with 1,035 undergraduates. It admits 37% of applicants, graduates 40% within six years and costs $37,143 a year after aid.
40%graduate
Admission rate37%
Retention74%
4-year graduation33%
Pell Grant share52%
Federal loans51%
$37,143net price / year
37%admission rate
1200average SAT
40%graduate in 6 years
$45,614median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#1,439 of 1,704 for earnings#1,623 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,343 of 1,738 for graduation rate#137 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $44,373tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $27,374
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $27,374
- Average net price
- $37,143national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$36,962
$30,001–48,000$39,484
$48,001–75,000$34,438
$75,001–110,000$37,105
$110,001+$41,144
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 37%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1200
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 570–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 570–790
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 19–24
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college37%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college74%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college40%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college52%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 40%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 33%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 36%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $41,077
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $45,614middle 50%: $27,778–$64,981
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$64,981
Median, Fisk University$45,614
Lower quarter$27,778
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,035
- Part-time
- 2.4%
- Women / men
- 63% / 37%
- Average age at entry
- 19.9
- First-generation students
- 27%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 52%
- Average faculty salary
- $6,116 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $7,547
- Endowment, end of year
- $41,256,925
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White0.1%
Hispanic0.8%
Black79%
Asian6.9%
Two or more races1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown12%
12 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Computer & information sciences27%
Liberal arts & humanities20%
Business & management13%
Psychology11%
Biological & biomedical sciences10%
Social sciences5.5%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting3.9%
Education3.1%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick College Oneonta, NY | $36,296 | 53% | $66,557 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 220181. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q49087.