Harding University Business Programs

Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Searcy, Arkansas. Searcy is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is 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

How Do I Get Into Harding?

You can apply to Harding online at: www.harding.edu/admissions/howtoapply.html

Admission Requirements for Harding

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	1
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Harding?

Harding has a fairly low acceptance rate of 45%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 46%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Harding submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 660. Math scores were between 510 and 640.

Harding received ACT scores from 76% 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 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 28.

Can I Afford Harding University?

The overall average net price of Harding is $25,015. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Harding, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $7,026 a year. That adds up to $28,104 over four years for those students.

Harding University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,684 undergraduate students at Harding, with 3,072 being full-time and 612 being part-time.

There are also 1,289 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,072 full-time undergraduates at Harding, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	40
Black or African American	152
Hispanic or Latino	119
White	2,468
International Students	167
Other Races/Ethnicities	126

Geographic Diversity

Arkansas students aren't the only ones who study at Harding University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 57 countries are represented at Harding. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Honduras, and Guatemala.

Online Learning at Harding University

In 2022-2023, 1,513 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 8th most popular in Arkansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Harding 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	40	59	99
Accounting	33	0	33
Finance	28	0	28
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	25	0	25
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	21	0	21
International Business/Trade/Commerce	18	0	18
Public Relations	9	0	9
Fashion Merchandising	2	0	2
Advertising	2	0	2
Business/Corporate Communications	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0
TOTAL	178	59	237

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.