unitid 107044 · Searcy, AR · private nonprofit 4-year · town (distant)
Harding University
- enrollment 2023
- 5,539
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
43rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
3,382
88th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
24%
undergrads on Pell grants
28th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
69%
finish within 150% time
72nd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$39,534
36th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$22,130
after aid, aided students
49th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,876
after entry, Title IV students
50th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$26,500
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $15,418 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k17%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k22%
- 110k+32%
- Median family income
- $71,055
- First-generation students
- 21%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $26,262
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 70 | $95,838 | — |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services. | 60 | $53,414 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 52 | $47,527 | $27,639 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 48 | $69,427 | $30,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 43 | $63,587 | $26,054 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 40 | — | — |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 39 | — | — |
| Information Science/Studies. | 38 | — | — |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 37 | $50,607 | $26,854 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 36 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 35 | $44,944 | $27,000 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 34 | $117,575 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.