The mission of Fisk is to provide a liberal arts education of the highest quality. The ultimate goal is to prepare students to be skilled, resourceful, and imaginative leaders who will address effectively the challenges of life in a technological society, a pluralistic nation, and a multicultural world.
Fisk University is a historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Among many other notable firsts, in 1952 Fisk University was the first historically black college or university to earn a Phi Beta Kappa Charter.
On March 12th, 2008, Nashville's Metro Council passed a resolution declaring March 19th Fisk University Day.
Fisk was established by John Ogden, Reverend Erastus Milo Cravath and Reverend Edward P. Smith and named in honor of General Clinton B. Fisk of the Tennessee Freedmen's Bureau. Fisk opened to classes on January 9, 1866. Fisk heralded its first African-American president with the arrival of Charles Spurgeon Johnson in 1947. Johnson was a premier sociologist, a scholar who had been the editor of Opportunity magazine, a noted periodical of the Harlem Renaissance. Fisk University is directed by its 14th president, the Honorable Hazel O'Leary, former Secretary of Energy under President William Jefferson Clinton. She is the second female president of the university.
Fisk University features the world-famous Fisk Jubilee Singers. They started as a group of students who traveled to earn enough money to save the school and to raise funds to build the first permanent structure in the country built for the education of newly freed slaves. They succeeded and funded construction of the renowned Jubilee Hall. Recently restored, it is the oldest and most distinctive structure of Victorian architecture on the 40-acre (160,000 m²) Fisk campus.
Fisk University is also the home of a music literature collection founded by the noted Harlem Renaissance figure Carl van Vechten, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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| Percent of Students International: | 3% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 97% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Division III Independents) Baseball (Division III Independents) Track (Division III Independents) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 12,480 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 700 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,582 | 57% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,552 | 5% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 6,996 | 54% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 4,574 | 67% | |
Any Aid: |
93% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 80% (Selective) |
| Test Scores | |
| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 47% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 430, Math: 420 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 560, Math: 540 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 73% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 18, Verbal: 18, Math: 16 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 22, Verbal: 23, Math: 21 |
| Application Fee: | $ 50.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
