by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University was awarded 51 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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FranU was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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The acceptance rate at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a competitive 55%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
FranU received ACT scores from 92% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 23.
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The student to faculty ratio at FranU is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 6% for first-time, full-time students at FranU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,034 undergraduates at FranU with 525 being full-time and 509 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,386 | $9,606 | $14,096 | $21,403 | $21,863 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of FranU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At FranU, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $6,903 a year. That adds up to $27,612 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at FranU is 3.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for FranU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5414 Brittany Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 |
| Phone: | 225-526-1700 |
| Website: | www.franu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 108 | $63,631 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 9 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 9 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 6 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 3 | NA |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 3 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 1 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 1 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 0 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 0 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,120 students took at least one online class at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. This is a decrease from the 1,226 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,120 | 457 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,226 | 540 |
| 2018-2019 | 474 | 82 |
| 2017-2018 | 315 | 128 |
| 2016-2017 | 389 | 204 |
Learn more about online learning at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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