How many students at Harding? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,805 students have enrolled in Harding University with 3,523 undergraduate and 1,282 graduate students.

By gender, 2,015 male and 2,790 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

819 students are enrolled exclusively, and 694 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Harding University has a total of 4,805 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,523 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,282 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,015 male and 2,790 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total4,8053,5231,282
Men2,0151,551464
Women2,7901,972818
Harding University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartHarding University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartHarding University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,811 White, 317 Black, and 80 Asian students out of a total of 4,805 are attending at Harding University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American25619
Asian802060
Black317149168
Hispanic18981108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders330
White3,8111,5572,254
Two or more races1485791
Race Unknown20911
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American14212
Asian531538
Black1679077
Hispanic1506585
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White2,8191,2171,602
Two or more races1315180
Race Unknown413
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1147
Asian27522
Black1505991
Hispanic391623
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White992340652
Two or more races17611
Race Unknown1688
Harding University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartHarding University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartHarding University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Harding has 364 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 3,910 students under 25 years old, and 1,063 students over 25 years old out of 4,973 total students.

Harding has 3,520 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 164 students aged 25 and over.

It has 390 graduate students aged under 25 and 899 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18364239125
18-191,394815579
20-211,418783635
22-24734389345
25-29380222158
30-3417411559
35-3914510936
40-4923616769
50-641238142
Over 65532
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18364239125
18-191,394815579
20-211,378753625
22-24384167217
25-29714031
30-34281810
35-3923203
40-49261412
50-6416610
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21403010
22-24350222128
25-29309182127
30-341469749
35-391228933
40-4921015357
50-641077532
Over 65532
Harding University 2022 Student Population by Age chartHarding University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartHarding University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartHarding University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartHarding University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartHarding University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Harding University, 819 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 694 students are enrolled in some online courses.

457 students lived in Arkansas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 362 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students4,805819694
Undergraduate3,523376517
Graduate1,282443177
Online Student Population by Locality
Arkansas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students45734418
Undergraduate14721415
Graduate3101303
Harding University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,523 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 115 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.26%.104 students have transferred in as full-time status and 11 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,905
Transfer-in Full-time104
Regular Part-time503
Transfer-in Part-time11

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