Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
School Background
2022 Undergraduate Enrollment: 8,700
Graduate Enrollment: 5,347
Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity
Highest degree awarded:
Graduate
Religious Affiliation:
None
Campus Details
Large City (>250k)
Four-year, large, primarily residential
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full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
Applicant and Admittance Traits
2022 Admission Rate: 9.63%
Male/Female: 40% / 60% (2017)
First generation college students: 18.0% (2017)
Percentage of students who are married when enrolled: 5.4% (2017)
Percentage of students who are veterans: 0.6% (2012)
Test scores for admission: Considered but not required
Appliants applying to 2+ schools: 70.8% (2017)
Appliants applying to 3+ schools: 60.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 4+ schools: 53.9% (2017)
Appliants applying to 5+ schools: 48.1% (2017)
Ethnicity Information
White: 68.3%
Black: 6.2%
Hispanic: 8.5%
Asian: 5.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 4.6%
Non-resident alien: 6.3%
Unknown race: 0.9%
Black: 6.2%
Hispanic: 8.5%
Asian: 5.0%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0.1%
2+ races: 4.6%
Non-resident alien: 6.3%
Unknown race: 0.9%
Costs & Fees
2022 Average Tuition & Fees (Room/Board/Books): $78,326
In-State tuition: $60,814Out-of-State tuition: $60,814
Estimated books and supplies: $1,200 (2022)
Estimated on-campus room & board: $16,778 (2022)
Estimated on-campus other fees: $2,440 (2022)
Estimated off-campus room & board: $16,778 (2022)
Estimated off-campus other fees: $2,440 (2022)
Average Family Income: $129,409 (2017)
Median Family Income: $64,959 (2017)
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Percentage of students receiving Pell Grant: 9.6%Percentage of students with Federal Loans: 23.6%
Median federal loan debt at graduation: $20,500 (2021)
Median federal loan payment: $217 (2021)
| Household Income | Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0-$30k | $23,669 |
| $30k-48k | $24,422 |
| $48k-75k | $25,703 |
| $75k-110k | $34,313 |
| $110k+ | $52,688 |
Graduate Outcomes & Job Placements
4-year graduation rate: 77%6-year graduation rate: 86%
1 year post-graduation workforce participation: 93.9% (2020)
Loans
Median federal debt for graduates: $20,500 (2021)Median federal debt for non-graduates: $10,000 (2021)
Median federal debt for first-generation graduates: $19,500 (2021)
Median federal debt for Pell grant recipient graduates: $20,588 (2021)
Ability to Repay Loans
| Graduates, % of Loans in Repayment (Non-delinquent/default) |
Percentage |
|---|---|
| @1 Year | 78.1% (2015) |
| @3 year | 82.2% (2017) |
| @5 year | 84.9% (2017) |
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid (Non-delinquent/default) - Pell Grant Recipients: 59.8% (2015)
1-year Graduate % of Loans being Repaid - 1st Generation Attendees: 62.7% (2015)
Earnings Power
Median earnings, 1 year post graduation: $41,567 (2020)Median earnings, 4 years post graduation: $58,024 (2020)
Popular Majors
| Type of Degree | Major | 2022 Graduates | Median Federal Debt | Median Monthly Payment | 1yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) | 4yr Median Earnings (monthly gross) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Degree | Physics. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | 33 | $19,500 | $207 | $16,887 ($1,407) | $61,560 ($5,130) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Architectural Sciences and Technology. | 56 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Architectural Sciences and Technology. | 67 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Real Estate Development. | 20 | $51,706 ($4,309) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Area Studies. | 19 | $38,127 ($3,177) | |||
| Master's Degree | Area Studies. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Area Studies. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Communication and Media Studies. | 84 | $23,082 | $245 | $44,526 ($3,711) | $51,355 ($4,280) |
| Associate's Degree | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 12 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 8 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 40 | $30,354 | $286 | $40,384 ($3,365) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 10 | $55,012 ($4,584) | |||
| Master's Degree | Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 8 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Computer Programming. | 5 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Programming. | 31 | $38,293 | $310 | $52,670 ($4,389) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Computer Programming. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Science. | 24 | $19,000 | $201 | $70,839 ($5,903) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer Software and Media Applications. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 8 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 34 | $23,760 | $239 | $63,955 ($5,330) | $96,112 ($8,009) |
| Master's Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 23 | $72,107 ($6,009) | $83,929 ($6,994) | ||
| Master's Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 2 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemical Engineering. | 9 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Engineering Physics. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 9 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 44 | $20,500 | $217 | $31,529 ($2,627) | $53,386 ($4,449) |
| Doctoral Degree | Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 7 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | 1 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate). | 4 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Law. | 174 | $1,698 | $95,856 ($7,988) | ||
| Master's Degree | Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 33 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies. | 3 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Legal Support Services. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Legal Support Services. | 8 | $39,663 ($3,305) | $29,457 ($2,455) | ||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Legal Support Services. | 17 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Legal Professions and Studies, Other. | 77 | $390 | $84,980 ($7,082) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 70 | $20,652 | $212 | $18,045 ($1,504) | $46,826 ($3,902) |
| Master's Degree | English Language and Literature, General. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 15 | $38,148 ($3,179) | |||
| Master's Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 17 | $48,721 ($4,060) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biology, General. | 33 | $13,875 | $147 | $22,550 ($1,879) | |
| Master's Degree | Biology, General. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biology, General. | 20 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | 28 | $582 | $13,436 ($1,120) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 38 | $15,500 | $154 | $36,062 ($3,005) | |
| Master's Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 52 | $558 | $23,303 ($1,942) | $63,548 ($5,296) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | 21 | $535 | $27,228 ($2,269) | ||
| Master's Degree | Genetics. | 13 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 27 | $563 | |||
| Master's Degree | Pharmacology and Toxicology. | 35 | $525 | $32,401 ($2,700) | ||
| Master's Degree | Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. | 11 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 49 | $1,134 | $51,441 ($4,287) | $73,047 ($6,087) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 123 | $19,500 | $207 | $20,971 ($1,748) | $48,355 ($4,030) |
| Master's Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 23 | $31,750 ($2,646) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Mathematics. | 30 | $14,957 | $167 | ||
| Master's Degree | Mathematics. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Mathematics. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Applied Mathematics. | 196 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Statistics. | 4 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Historic Preservation and Conservation. | 14 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Nutrition Sciences. | 6 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Computational Science. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 34 | $19,250 | $204 | $36,082 ($3,007) | $39,757 ($3,313) |
| Master's Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Philosophy. | 25 | $20,000 | $207 | ||
| Master's Degree | Philosophy. | 4 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Philosophy. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Religion/Religious Studies. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Chemistry. | 8 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Chemistry. | 7 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Physics. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Physics. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Psychology, General. | 136 | $22,250 | $215 | $28,980 ($2,415) | $54,708 ($4,559) |
| Master's Degree | Psychology, General. | 10 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Psychology, General. | 11 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other. | 39 | $28,000 | $272 | $36,425 ($3,035) | $58,528 ($4,877) |
| Master's Degree | Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other. | 48 | $300 | $50,132 ($4,178) | ||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Social Work. | 89 | $788 | $42,073 ($3,506) | $53,817 ($4,485) | |
| Doctoral Degree | Social Work. | 14 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Social Sciences, General. | 3 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Sciences, General. | 26 | $47,000 | $390 | $34,434 ($2,870) | $33,606 ($2,801) |
| Bachelor's Degree | Anthropology. | 32 | $19,500 | $207 | $15,661 ($1,305) | $36,468 ($3,039) |
| Master's Degree | Anthropology. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Anthropology. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Economics. | 117 | $19,500 | $207 | $42,051 ($3,504) | $77,364 ($6,447) |
| Master's Degree | Economics. | 7 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Economics. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International Relations and National Security Studies. | 67 | $20,500 | $212 | $40,210 ($3,351) | $50,723 ($4,227) |
| Doctoral Degree | Public Health. | 6 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Human Resources Management and Services. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 116 | $19,500 | $207 | $37,364 ($3,114) | $62,479 ($5,207) |
| Master's Degree | Political Science and Government. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Sociology. | 69 | $12,000 | $127 | $22,138 ($1,845) | $53,737 ($4,478) |
| Doctoral Degree | Sociology. | 2 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Social Sciences, Other. | 17 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Dance. | 10 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | 4 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 41 | $25,052 ($2,088) | $29,103 ($2,425) | ||
| Master's Degree | Fine and Studio Arts. | 12 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Music. | 19 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Music. | 3 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 6 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 25 | $29,937 | $277 | $21,950 ($1,829) | $51,792 ($4,316) |
| Master's Degree | Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 14 | ||||
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 2 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 24 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 1 | ||||
| First Professional Degree | Medicine. | 174 | $3,670 | $89,940 ($7,495) | ||
| Master's Degree | Public Health. | 126 | $993 | $58,006 ($4,834) | $72,023 ($6,002) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 131 | $19,500 | $207 | $29,387 ($2,449) | $58,255 ($4,855) |
| Master's Degree | Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 32 | $56,081 ($4,673) | |||
| Doctoral Degree | Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 1 | ||||
| Associate's Degree | Business/Commerce, General. | 8 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Business/Commerce, General. | 107 | $65,821 ($5,485) | $114,189 ($9,516) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 187 | $19,250 | $204 | $49,489 ($4,124) | $87,423 ($7,285) |
| Master's Degree | Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 58 | $947 | $98,334 ($8,195) | $112,468 ($9,372) | |
| Master's Degree | Accounting and Related Services. | 142 | $89,920 ($7,493) | |||
| Bachelor's Degree | Finance and Financial Management Services. | 262 | $21,500 | $225 | $71,919 ($5,993) | $89,537 ($7,461) |
| Master's Degree | Finance and Financial Management Services. | 166 | $912 | $93,083 ($7,757) | $108,490 ($9,041) | |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Human Resources Management and Services. | 1 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | International Business. | 47 | $21,500 | $228 | $63,435 ($5,286) | |
| Master's Degree | International Business. | 140 | $1,103 | $93,584 ($7,799) | ||
| Master's Degree | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods. | 48 | $834 | $71,103 ($5,925) | ||
| Bachelor's Degree | Marketing. | 161 | $19,500 | $205 | $55,605 ($4,634) | $69,685 ($5,807) |
| Graduate/Professional Certificate | Marketing. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Taxation. | 1 | ||||
| Master's Degree | Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other. | 8 | ||||
| Bachelor's Degree | History. | 31 | $22,580 | $228 | $47,449 ($3,954) | |
| Master's Degree | History. | 3 | ||||
| Doctoral Degree | History. | 1 |
Campus Resources
Average faculty salary: $110,007Full time faculty: 66%
Undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio: 8.0
School's endowment start of year: $1,458,648,000 (2022)
School's endowment end of year: $1,972,827,000 (2022)