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Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The surrounding location of Searcy is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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	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?

With an acceptance rate of 54%, Harding does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

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 54%.

Average Test Scores

About 23% 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 520 and 640.

Harding received ACT scores from 80% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 18 and 27. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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.

The student loan default rate at Harding is 1.0%. 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 3,684 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 2020-2021, 1,493 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.

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 #1,387 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%.

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.