-15%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Freed-Hardeman University fell 15% between 2021 and 2024 (1.4k → 1.2k).
Tennessee · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, Tennessee. 1,244 undergraduate students. 60 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Freed-Hardeman University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Freed-Hardeman University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
-14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Freed-Hardeman University fell 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($25.1k → $21.5k).
+12%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Freed-Hardeman University rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (57.5% → 64.1%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Tennessee
Each tile compares this institution to the Tennessee median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,485+18% · 6→10y
Tennessee median $38,880$40,086
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry68.4%+58% · '97→'24
Tennessee median 57.6%$16,750+251% · '97→'20
At program completion1,244-1% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.6%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time90.6%+7% · '01→'24
latest cohort$25,000+185% · '00→'24
out-of-state $25,000SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.7%Median federal debt $16,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,485 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+58%
Freed-Hardeman University · completion · 150% rose
44.8% → 70.8%
+137%
Freed-Hardeman University · completion · 100% rose
27.1% → 64.1%
+185%
Freed-Hardeman University · in-state tuition rose
$8,990 → $25,620
+185%
Freed-Hardeman University · out-of-state tuition rose
$8,990 → $25,620
+251%
Freed-Hardeman University · median debt rose
$6,125 → $21,500
-100%
Freed-Hardeman University · cohort default rate fell
10.8% → 0.0%
-41%
Freed-Hardeman University · pell share fell
30.4% → 18.0%
+29%
Freed-Hardeman University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$36,800 → $47,485
+23%
Freed-Hardeman University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$34,600 → $42,415
+30%
Freed-Hardeman University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$30,800 → $40,086
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$61,302Biology, General.$59,723Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$55,118Business Administration, Management and Operations.$51,140Bible/Biblical Studies.$45,833Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$43,222Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$43,002Psychology, General.$42,465Social Work.$40,840
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
9 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
THEOLOGY & RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS · CIP 39
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Freed-Hardeman University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$422,687
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $19,533
- HS-only baseline · TN
- $34,600
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Tennessee
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Freed-Hardeman University graduates earn $X” — not “Freed-Hardeman University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Freed-Hardeman University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.