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University · Nashville, United States

Fisk University

Historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee, US

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About

instance of
inception
  • 1866
native label
  • Fisk University
motto text
  • Her sons and daughters are forever on the altar
industry
language used
academic calendar type

Location and contact

country
located in the administrative territorial entity
street address
  • 1000 17th Ave North, Nashville, TN, 37208-4501
postal code
  • 37208-4501
coordinate location
  • 36.1688, -86.8047
official website

People and numbers

count of students
  • 780
employees
  • 216 · September 2020
admission rate
  • 66% · 2020
admission yield rate
  • 6% · 2020
chairperson

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

Finances

endowment
  • $26,107,809 · 30 June 2020
total assets
  • $159,157,685 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit
member of
owner of
athletics program
Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)
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Wikimedia and technical details (7)
Commons category
  • Fisk University
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social media followers
  • 10,970 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 381520279 · 2 February 2023
Earlier figures (2)
  • 8,495 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 381520279 · 3 January 2021
  • 7,507 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 381520279 · 19 April 2020
Identifiers in other databases (41)
ARCHON code
  • 1269 · subject named as: Fisk University Library and Media Center
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X (Twitter) username
  • fisk1866 · number of subscribers: 7,507 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 381520279 · 19 April 2020
  • FISK1866
YouTube channel ID
  • UCMfTAnOIfcsnpirO5rZXOHA · subject named as: Fisk University · number of works: 81 · number of subscribers: 1,970 · number of viewers/listeners: 155,470 · 21 September 2025
YouTube handle
  • fiskuniversity · YouTube channel ID: UCMfTAnOIfcsnpirO5rZXOHA · 21 October 2025
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