Enrollment Trends at Freed-Hardeman

The student population at Freed-Hardeman University is 2,306 (1,873 undergraduate and 433 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 478 (26.15%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Freed-Hardeman is 81.22% which is increased by 511 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 33 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, up from 70 in 2015.
528 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 210.59% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,130 where 2,306 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 2,330 students in 2023 and was lowest at 1,828 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,828 to 2,306 students, a net gain of 478 (26.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Freed-Hardeman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,828	1,362	582	780	466	169	297
2016-17	1,906 78	1,402 40	595 13	807 27	504 38	180 11	324 27
2017-18	1,972 66	1,471 69	602 7	869 62	501 -3	159 -21	342 18
2018-19	2,037 65	1,546 75	660 58	886 17	491 -10	164 5	327 -15
2019-20	2,117 80	1,648 102	713 53	935 49	469 -22	174 10	295 -32
2020-21	2,188 71	1,727 79	751 38	976 41	461 -8	164 -10	297 2
2021-22	2,320 132	1,797 70	763 12	1,034 58	523 62	164	359 62
2022-23	2,330 10	1,850 53	815 52	1,035 1	480 -43	178 14	302 -57
2023-24	2,294 -36	1,878 28	833 18	1,045 10	416 -64	147 -31	269 -33
2024-25	2,306 12	1,873 -5	867 34	1,006 -39	433 17	135 -12	298 29
Average	2,130	1,655	718	937	474	163	311

Freed-Hardeman University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,655 where 1,873 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Freed-Hardeman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,362	1,217	525	692	145	57	88
2016-17	1,402	1,228	537	691	174	58	116
2017-18	1,471	1,261	540	721	210	62	148
2018-19	1,546	1,268	559	709	278	101	177
2019-20	1,648	1,306	598	708	342	115	227
2020-21	1,727	1,312	603	709	415	148	267
2021-22	1,797	1,378	614	764	419	149	270
2022-23	1,850	1,351	613	738	499	202	297
2023-24	1,878	1,236	560	676	642	273	369
2024-25	1,873	1,205	564	641	668	303	365
Average	1,655	1,655	571	705	1,655	147	232

Freed-Hardeman University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 474 where 433 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Freed-Hardeman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	466	91	32	59	375	137	238
2016-17	504	102	37	65	402	143	259
2017-18	501	99	34	65	402	125	277
2018-19	491	96	43	53	395	121	274
2019-20	469	74	32	42	395	142	253
2020-21	461	70	27	43	391	137	254
2021-22	523	107	54	53	416	110	306
2022-23	480	117	66	51	363	112	251
2023-24	416	60	27	33	356	120	236
2024-25	433	71	32	39	362	103	259
Average	474	474	38	50	474	125	261

Freed-Hardeman University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.36%. The percentage was 66.19% 10 years ago and Freed-Hardeman still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.19% to 77.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.44% to 1.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.07% to 12.66%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.81% to 0.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3849 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5512 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Freed-Hardeman University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	3	8	184	33	0	1,210	23
2016-17	14	31	134	29	0	1,183	21
2017-18	10	14	265	19	3	1,425	20
2018-19	14	9	293	7	1	1,398	14
2019-20	14	8	270	5	2	1,460	17
2020-21	19	15	270	4	1	1,662	15
2021-22	13	20	259	1	1	1,803	22
2022-23	15	23	259	10	2	1,864	27
2023-24	13	25	273	8	3	1,819	54
2024-25	5	27	292	5	2	1,784	49
Average	12	18	250	12	2	1,561	26

Freed-Hardeman University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

528 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 210.59% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Freed-Hardeman University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,828	170	192	1,466
2016-17	1,906	179	259	1,468
2017-18	1,972	214	267	1,491
2018-19	2,037	252	208	1,577
2019-20	2,117	312	178	1,627
2020-21	2,188	390	287	1,511
2021-22	2,320	514	435	1,371
2022-23	2,330	548	342	1,440
2023-24	2,294	505	375	1,414
2024-25	2,306	528	365	1,413
Average	2,130	361	291	1,478

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Enrollment Trends at Freed-Hardeman

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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