Harding University
Harding University admitted 71% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1050–1290 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $19,786 a year. Within six years, 71% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 71%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Required
- SAT middle 50%
- 1050–1290
- ACT middle 50%
- 20–29
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $39,651 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $19,786 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $17,711 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $27,282 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 71%
- Students who return for a second year
- 86%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $56,146 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,329
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,382
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 26%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 17%
- Business, management and marketing
- 15%
- Education
- 13%
- Computer and information sciences
- 7%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Carroll College MT · 71% admitted
- University of Minnesota-Rochester MN · 71% admitted
- Walsh University OH · 71% admitted
- Stetson University FL · 72% admitted
- Virginia Military Institute VA · 71% admitted
- Widener University PA · 71% admitted
More colleges in Arkansas
- University of Arkansas AR · 74% admitted
- Arkansas State University AR · 82% admitted
- University of Central Arkansas AR · 90% admitted
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock AR · 59% admitted
- Southern Arkansas University Main Campus AR · 75% admitted
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff AR · 41% admitted
- Ouachita Baptist University AR · 68% admitted
- John Brown University AR · 76% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.