by our College Data Analytics Team
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Tulane University of Louisiana was awarded 444 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is marketing.
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College Factual ranked Tulane as #78 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Tulane held the #119 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Tulane also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Louisiana ranking.
Tulane University of Louisiana has a very low acceptance rate of 10%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to Tulane just in case you don't make the cut.
About 15% of students accepted to Tulane submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 680 and 740. Math scores were between 680 and 770.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Tulane it is much better at 8 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Tulane University of Louisiana is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 94% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Tulane University of Louisiana enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Tulane the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 77%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Tulane University of Louisiana.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 8,537 undergraduates at Tulane with 7,851 being full-time and 686 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,456 | $13,380 | $25,322 | $36,899 | $50,469 |
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 Tulane, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Tulane, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $7,778 a year. That adds up to $31,112 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Tulane is 3.1%. 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 Tulane are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698 |
| Phone: | 504-865-5000 |
| Website: | https://tulane.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/TulaneU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/TulaneNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & Financial Management | 267 | $64,364 |
| Business Administration & Management | 213 | $42,772 |
| General Psychology | 185 | $32,229 |
| Other Health Professions | 185 | $28,918 |
| Political Science & Government | 177 | $30,254 |
| Marketing | 177 | $49,300 |
| Economics | 173 | $40,619 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 149 | $39,771 |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 137 | $20,307 |
| Anthropology | 126 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 5,582 students took at least one online class at Tulane University of Louisiana. This is a decrease from the 8,808 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,582 | 1,753 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,808 | 1,931 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,603 | 852 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,475 | 674 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,194 | 412 |
Learn more about online learning at Tulane University of Louisiana.
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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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