- The Inkwell
- Arkansas
- Harding University
Searcy, ARTown: distantZIP 72149Founded 1924
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1924
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.harding.edu
ArkansasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Harding University
Harding University is a private nonprofit university in Searcy, Arkansas, with 3,382 undergraduates. It admits 70% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $19,786 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate70%
Retention86%
4-year graduation54%
Pell Grant share26%
Federal loans41%
$19,786net price / year
70%admission rate
1182average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$56,146median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,329median debt
#980 of 1,704 for earnings#855 of 1,739 for lowest net price#352 of 1,738 for graduation rate#574 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
- $39,651tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $27,282
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $27,282
- Average net price
- $19,786national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,711
$30,001–48,000$24,811
$48,001–75,000$25,119
$75,001–110,000$25,661
$110,001+$26,220
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 70%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1182
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 530–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 520–630
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 20–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college70%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college86%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college26%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 54%
- First-year retention
- 86%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 70%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,076
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,146middle 50%: $38,760–$80,446
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,329
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$80,446
Median, Harding University$56,146
Lower quarter$38,760
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
- 3,382
- Part-time
- 5.2%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 21.0
- First-generation students
- 20%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 26%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 66%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,008 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $11,670
- Endowment, end of year
- $217,276,124
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White80%
Hispanic4.8%
Black4.5%
Asian1.2%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident5.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
23 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions17%
Business & management15%
Education13%
Computer & information sciences6.5%
Parks, recreation & fitness5.9%
Visual & performing arts5.0%
Psychology4.7%
Communication & journalism4.5%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 107044. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q5656138.