Freed-Hardeman University Business Programs

Located in Henderson, Tennessee, Freed-Hardeman University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Henderson is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Freed-Hardeman University?

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

How Do I Get Into FHU?

You can apply to FHU online at: www.fhu.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for FHU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into FHU?

The acceptance rate at Freed-Hardeman University is 81%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to FHU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 525 and 650. Math scores were between 485 and 620.

FHU received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Freed-Hardeman University?

The overall average net price of FHU is $22,186. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At FHU, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $6,993 a year. That adds up to $27,972 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at FHU 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.

Freed-Hardeman University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,727 undergraduate students at FHU, with 1,312 being full-time and 415 being part-time.

There are also 461 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,312 full-time undergraduates at FHU, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Freed-Hardeman University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	1,146
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	96

Geographic Diversity

Tennessee students aren't the only ones who study at Freed-Hardeman University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at FHU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Costa Rica, and South Africa.

Online Learning at Freed-Hardeman University

In 2019-2020, 677 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at FHU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 16th most popular in Tennessee for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of FHU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Freed-Hardeman University was 21.5%. This is the #905 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at FHU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Freed-Hardeman University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	16	34	50
Public Relations	21	0	21
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	16	0	16
Accounting	15	0	15
Finance	7	0	7
Financial Planning & Services	3	0	3
Business Statistics	1	0	1
TOTAL	79	34	113

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Skye Marthaler under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.