Fisk University
Work 1000 17th Avenue N
Nashville, TN 37208-3051
Work(888) 702-0022
Admissions E-mail: admissions@fisk.edu
Web site: http://www.fisk.edu
Tier 3
College Category:
Liberal Arts Colleges
Liberal Arts Colleges
Overview : Fisk University
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Private |
| Year founded: | 1866 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 678 |
| Setting: | urban |
| Endowment: | $13,276,166 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 6/1 |
| Application fee: | $50 |
| Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: | 59.1% |
| Selectivity: | selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $17,000 |
| Mission | |
| School mission: | Founded in 1866, Fisk University is small, private, coeducational and one of America's premier Historically Black Institutions. The first African American 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. Fisk Art Galleries contain over 3,00 originals by Aaron Douglas, Picasso, O'Keefe, Diego Rivera, Van Vechten and many others. 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 W. E. B. 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; David Lewis, professor/recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize; Hazel O'Leary, Fisk President and former U.S. Secretary of Energy; John Lewis, U.S. Representative (GA); Judith Jamison, director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and Johnetta B. Cole, former President of Spelman College. In proportion to its size, Fisk continues to contribute a higher percentage of African American alumni to the ranks of scholars pursuing doctoral degrees than any other institution in the United States. |
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