Company description
Fisk University offers Colleges services in Nashville TN, TN area.
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- Mission
- Founded in 1866, Fisk University is coeducational, private, and one of America???s premier Historically Black Universities. The first Black college to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Fisk serves a diverse student body with students from 40 states and 6 foreign countries. There are residence halls for men and women. The focal point of the 40-acre campus and architectural symbol of the university is Jubilee Hall, the first permanent building for the education of Blacks in the South, named for the internationally renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers, who continue their tradition of singing and sharing classic Negro spirituals along with other genres of music from African, Brazil, African American and other diverse cultures. From its earliest days, Fisk faculty and alumni have been among America???s intellectual leaders providing leadership in several fields including medicine, science, art, humanities, religion, literature, sociology and philosophy. Fisk Alumni include Dr. WEB Du Bois, the first black Ph.D. from Harvard, great social critic and co-founder of the NAACP; Nikki Giovanni, poet/writer; Dr. John Hope Franklin, historian/scholar; Dr. David L. Lewis, professor/two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author; Hazel O???Leary, Esq., Fisk President and former US Secretary of Energy; John Lewis, US Representative (GA)/civil rights movement leader; Judith Jamison, artistic director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company; Margo M. McKay, Esq., US Department of Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights; Alonzo L. Fulgham, Chief Operating Officer US Agency for International Development; Dr. Bradley Sheares, President of US Human Health at Merck & Company, Inc., Milele Coggs, Esq., Alderwoman Milwaukee, WI Sixth District; The Honorable Paulette J. Delk, Judge US Bankruptcy Court, TN Western District; Rel Dowdell, filmmaker; Mandisa Hundley, recording artist/???American Idol??? finalist; Dr. Carol R. Johnson, superintendent Boston public schools; Dr. Alton B. Pollard, III, Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity; John F. Harris, Esq., assistant general counsel Ford Motor Company; and Ruth E. Anderson, Esq., senior counsel Nissan North America, Inc.; Dr. Charlene D. Portee, President American Academy of Physical Therapy, and Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, director of the Smithsonian???s National Museum of African Art/former President of Bennett and Spelman Colleges.
- General Information
- Small School, Protestant Affiliation, Urban/Major City, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Total Minority - High, Black Students - High, Out of State - High, High Cost, Study Abroad, Advanced Placement/CLEP, Reserve Officers - Training Corps (ROTC), Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Social Fraternities and Sororities, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required, Separate application form NOT required
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $18,358
- Campus Setting
- Located within a major urban area
- Campus Description
- 40-acre campus in Nashville.
- Features
- historically black school
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Email
- [email protected]
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- Enrollment Concentration
- Traditional
- City Type
- Large City
- Selectivity
- selective
- Academic Calendar
- Semester
- Campus Size
- 40 acres
- Control
- Private
- Highest Offering
- Masters
- Highest Degree Offered
- Masters
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Application Deadline
- 15-Jun
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $15140
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $15140
- Setting
- urban
- Graduate In State Tuition
- 13230
- Graduate Out Of State Tuition
- 13230
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 13230
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 13230
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $7725
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 54.09
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $4480
- Year Founded
- 1866
- Accredited
- true
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 1200
- Historically Black
- true
- Typical Room And Board
- 7012
- Founded In
- 1867
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
- $840
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $630
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $50
- Additional Fees
- 500
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 425
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 425
- Graduate Application Fee
- $50
- International Application Fee
- $50
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 502
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 928
- Application Fee
- $50
- Graduate Number Of Females
- 25
- Graduate Number Of Males
- 25
- Percent African American
- 97
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 85
- International Enrollment
- 0
- Percent Asian
- 1
- Percent Hispanic
- 2
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.fisk.edu/
