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Fisk University

Nashville, Tennessee

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Join a vibrant community and make valuable connections at Fisk University. Fisk is a Private HBCU school in Nashville, Tennessee with many undergraduate degrees to choose from.

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743
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
70%
 
Enrolled male students
30%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
96%
 
Part-time students
4%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
67%
 
Adjuncts
33%
 
Faculty Ratio
12:1
Student/teacher ratio
$20,220
Full-time tuition cost
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4-year graduation rate
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5-year graduation rate
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6-year graduation rate
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Acceptance rate
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Engaged Students

ENROLLMENT BY ETHNICITY
Non-U.S. Citizen: 5%
Hispanic/Latinx: 1%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic: 86%
White, non-Hispanic: 1%
Native/Indigenous American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic: 0%
Asian, non-Hispanic: 0%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic: 0%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic: 2%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown: 4%

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Successful Outcomes
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Admission

FRESHMAN PROFILE
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
25th Percentile: 470 | 75th Percentile: 570
SAT Math
25th Percentile: 420 | 75th Percentile: 550
ACT Composite
25th Percentile: 17 | 75th Percentile: 23
ACT Math
25th Percentile: 16 | 75th Percentile: 22
ACT English
25th Percentile: 17 | 75th Percentile: 24

Tuition & Cost

Tuition: $20,220
Fees: $1,912
Room & Board: $11,022

Contact Fisk University

Contact Admissions

www.fisk.edu/admissions

Campus Location

1000 17th Avenue N.
Nashville, TN 37208

(615) 329-8666

Find Fisk Online

www.fisk.edu

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