• Mid-sized public research university
• Offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in four academic colleges and interdisciplinary studies
• Only public research university located in a metropolitan setting in the state
• Academic majors include: hotel, restaurant and tourism administration; naval architecture and marine engineering; planning and urban
studies; accounting; computer science; earth & environmental sciences; film; music; and teacher education
• Educated students from all 64 Louisiana parishes, all 50 U.S. states and more than 140 countries
• More than 120 student organizations
• 47% of undergraduate students are first-generation
• Ranked the most diverse student body in the state, according to College Factual
• Ranked among national universities whose students graduate with the lowest levels of average debt, according to U.S. News & World
Report
• Ranked among national leaders in highest in upward social mobility, according to U.S. News & World Report
• More than 47,000 alumni in metro New Orleans and 78,000 alumni worldwide
