Demographic Information

University

• Chartered: 1912
• Type: Private, Catholic, Jesuit comprehensive university; open to students of all faiths
• Enrollment (Fall 2012 data): 5,082 (total): 3,255 undergraduates; 901 graduate students; 89 Doctoral students; 766 law students; and 71 continuing education students
• Faculty: 89 percent of full-time faculty hold highest degree.
• Student-Faculty Ratio: 10:1
• Five Colleges: Business, Humanities and Natural Sciences, Law, Music and Fine Arts, Social Sciences
• Degrees: 64 undergraduate degrees and 14 graduate and professional programs
• 50+ Study Abroad Programs: Belgium, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, U.K., and more.
• Main Campus: 24 acres on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans; 20 minutes from the French Quarter and downtown New Orleans; across from Audubon Park and Zoo.
• Financial Aid and Scholarships: Approximately 67 percent of students receive some form of financial aid.

Freshmen

• 38% male/62% female
• Ethnic minorities represent 37% of all freshmen
• 63 percent are from out of state; 44 states (plus DC, PR, VI), 2 percent are international; 7 countries are represented
• 99.5 percent are full-time; .5 percent part-time
• The average high school grade point average of our freshmen is 3.58
• SAT scores (middle 50%) Critical Reading 520–630, Math 500 – 610
• ACT scores (middle 50%) range from 23-29 (71% of freshmen submitted the ACT
• 615 freshmen students, 25% of the total undergraduates population are new freshmen
• 84% freshmen live on campus; 16% commute
• 80 percent of freshmen receive some form of financial aid

Undergraduate

• 40% male/60% female
• Ethnic minorities represent 39% of all freshmen
• 57 percent are from out of state; 48 states (plus DC, PR, VI), 4 percent are international; 39 countries are represented
• 94 percent are full-time; 6 percent part-time
• 2,506 undergraduate students, 65% of the total population is undergraduate
• 49 percent of undergraduates live on campus; 51% commute
• 89 percent of undergraduates receive some form of financial aid

Graduate

• 21 percent male; 79 percent female
• Ethnic minorities represent 27 percent of student body
• 60 percent are from out of state; 44 states (including DC, PR, VI) are represented
• 1 percent are international; 12 countries are represented
• 59 percent are full-time; 41 percent part-time
• 635 graduate students, 134 continuing education students are enrolled; graduate population 17% of the total enrollment
• < 1 percent of graduate students live on campus

Doctoral

• 6 percent male; 94 percent female
• Ethnic minorities represent 38 percent of student body
• 66 percent are from out of state; 20 states (including DC, PR, VI) are represented
• 0 percent are international; 1 countries are represented
• 87 percent are full-time; 13 percent part-time
• 82 Doctorate students; Doctoral students make up 2% of the total enrollment
• 0 percent of doctoral students live on campus

Law

• 47 percent male; 53 percent female
• Ethnic minorities represent 29 percent of student body
• 23 percent are from out of state; 28 states (including DC, PR, VI) are represented
• 2 percent are international; 8 countries are represented
• 79 percent are full-time; 21 percent part-time
• 479 law students are enrolled; law students make up 12% of the total enrollment
• 4 percent of Law students live on campus

Updated December 2016 with Fall 2016 data; next upate Fall 2017

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