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12:1

Student to
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930+

University total enrollment
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3.4

Average
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1200

Average SAT
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#3

Job Placement
in Tennessee

Achieving academic excellence since 1866

Fisk University has stood the test of time for more than 150 years. True excellence beams from this illustrious campus. Here, we produce true leaders and scholars that are ready to change the world. The university has been known as the Golden Standard for supporting our students' intellectual needs.

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Fisk University Names Ivy League Coach Corrinne Tarver to Lead its New Women’s Gymnastics Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: March 9, 2022 Jens Frederiksen Media Contact jfrederiksen@fisk.edu (Nashville, Tenn.) Today, the leadership of Fisk University…

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Fisk University Establishes the John Lewis Center for Social Justice Fellowship Program

The three Fellowships are focused on specific areas in the continued fight for justice including policy, the arts, and STEM…

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Fisk University Launches First HBCU Intercollegiate Women’s Artistic Gymnastic Team

Fisk University is delighted to announce the launch of the first HBCU Intercollegiate Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team. Woman’s gymnastics exemplifies…

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Memorandum from President: Recent Campus Police Shootings and Campus Bomb Threats

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Fisk University Board of Trustees Raises $150,000 to Send Students to Ghana

The Fisk University Board of Trustees has gifted a whopping $150,000 to send students from the University (mostly from the…

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Fisk Student Named Rhodes Scholarship Finalist

For the third consecutive year, Fisk University has produced a Rhodes Scholarship finalist nationwide.  Saraya Ashley, a senior political science…

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U.S. Department of Education’s Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) Awards Fisk University’s STEM through Rocketry Electronics Engagement and Coding (STEM-TREEC) Program

Fisk University announcement.

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Jazzy 88 WFSK 15th Annual ‘Round the Clock” 48-hour Radiothon

This year for health’s sake, WFSK will do an indoor/outdoor 48-Hour Radiothon. They will be broadcasting live from the Du…

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Fisk University Brings Starbucks to Campus

Fisk University is excited to announce the addition of a Starbucks coffee to the campus as a part of the…

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Fisk University Announces Three New Academic Programs

Nashville, TN September 23, 2021 – Fisk University is launching three new academic programs in the Fall of 2022.  The…

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A rich tradition of excellence

Probably no single institution has played so central a role as Fisk in the shaping of black learning and culture in America. The Fisk tradition of leadership and excellence continued throughout the 20th century and is being carried on today.