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.

Harding University Rankings

Out of the 20 colleges in Arkansas, Harding is ranked at #3.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Harding.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#26	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#66	Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#101	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#119	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#122	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Harding has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#17	Best Value Colleges for International Business	College Factual
#53	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#55	Best International Business Schools	College Factual
#55	Best International Business/Trade/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#61	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#173	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HardingU
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HardingU

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	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Harding?

Harding has an acceptance rate of 55%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 55%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% 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 540 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 640.

Harding received ACT scores from 79% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 32. Math scores were between 19 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 29.

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 52% of students took out student loans averaging $7,074 a year. That adds up to $28,296 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Harding 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.

Harding University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,572 undergraduate students at Harding, with 3,294 being full-time and 278 being part-time.

There are also 1,045 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,294 full-time undergraduates at Harding, 44% are male and 56% 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	151
Hispanic or Latino	125
White	2,647
International Students	191
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

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 2019-2020, 1,087 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 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Harding

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Harding University was $21,540 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Harding is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Development Economics & International Development	#1	#1
Economics	#17	#4

Online Growth Rankings of Harding

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Harding University was 4.8%. This is the #1,385 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Harding 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%.

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	24	44	68
Accounting	47	0	47
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	34	0	34
International Business/Trade/Commerce	26	0	26
Finance	25	0	25
Public Relations	17	0	17
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	7	0	7
Fashion Merchandising	5	0	5
Advertising	4	0	4
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	1	0	1
General Economics	1	0	1
Business/Corporate Communications	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0
TOTAL	191	44	235

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.