Fisk University
Nashville, Tennessee
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,035 undergrads
- HBCU
- Admit rate
- 37%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $37,143per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 36%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,61410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Fisk University's Jubilee Hall was constructed using funds raised by the Fisk Jubilee Singers and stands as the South's first permanent structure built for the education of Black students as well as a National Historic Landmark.
Source: Fisk University History
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 37%About 4 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1140–1510Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 19–24Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $37,143full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $44,373sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $27,374Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 36%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 74%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $45,61410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,035Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 52%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 27%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Baptist Health Sciences University Memphis, TN — admits 82%
- Tusculum University Greeneville, TN — admits 72%
- King University Bristol, TN — admits 100%
- Maryville College Maryville, TN — admits 61%
Also worth a look
- Huston-Tillotson University Austin, TX — admits 39%
- Pitzer College Claremont, CA — admits 25%
- Connecticut College New London, CT — admits 37%
- Occidental College Los Angeles, CA — admits 44%
- Scripps College Claremont, CA — admits 38%
- Trinity College Hartford, CT — admits 29%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Fisk University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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