University Description

Fisk University is a private historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee. The university was founded in 1866 and its 40-acre (16 ha) campus is a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. Read More

University History

Fisk Free Colored School opened on January 9, 1866, shortly after the end of the Civil War. It was founded by John Ogden, Erastus Milo Cravath, and Edward Parmelee Smith of the American Missionary Association for the education of freedmen in Nashville.
Graduation Rate: 33.3% Acceptance Rate: 61% Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1 School Setting: urban Notable Alumni:

Academic Programs

  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • Biochemistry
  • General Art Studies
  • General Biology
  • General Business and Commerce
  • General History
  • General Psychology
  • General Special Education and Teaching
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • General Art Studies
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Mathematics
  • General Music
  • General Physics
  • General Psychology
  • General Special Education and Teaching
  • Sociology
  • General History
  • Music Teacher Education
  • General Music Performance
  • General Business and Commerce
  • Biochemistry
  • Other Political Science and Government
  • Other Teacher Education and Professional Development
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Biophysics and Molecular Biology
  • General Biology
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Physics
  • General Special Education and Teaching
  • General History
  • General Mathematics
  • General Business and Commerce
  • General English Language and Literature
  • General Chemistry
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • General Psychology
  • Other Teacher Education and Professional Development
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Biology
  • General Chemistry
  • General Computer and Information Sciences
  • General Special Education and Teaching
  • General English Language and Literature
  • Sociology
  • Other Teacher Education and Professional Development
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Sports Offered

  • Basketball (M)
  • Basketball (W)
  • Cross Country (M)
  • Cross Country (W)
  • Golf (M)
  • Golf (W)
  • Volleyball (W)
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Greek Life

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
  • Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
  • Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
  • Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
  • Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
  • Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
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