Enrollment Trends at Freed-Hardeman

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.

81.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 511 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 33 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Freed-Hardeman than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.