Tulane University Of Louisiana

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Tulane University is an independent educational and research university in New Orleans, Louisiana's cultural capital.

The institution was founded in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana, which merged in 1847 with the University of Louisiana. In 1884, the state Legislature authorized a fund to reorganize the university as a private institution and rename it Tulane University of Louisiana.

Tulane is a member of the Association of American Universities, a group of 62 universities with pre-eminent programs of graduate and professional education and scholarly research. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Research in many disciplines takes place through in many centers, including the Tulane Center for Gene Therapy. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ranks Tulane as having "very high research activity".

Tulane was named by Kaplan/Newsweek's college guide as one of the 25 "Hot Schools" in the nation in 2008. It has been ranked 50th among the best national universities by U.S. News & world Report, and the A. B. Freeman School of Business was ranked fourth on its list of Top Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurs by Entrepreneur magazine.

The university consists of the following schools and colleges:

• School of Architecture
• A. B. Freeman School of Business
• School of Continuing Studies
• School of Law
• School of Liberal Arts
• School of Medicine
• Newcomb-Tulane College
• School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
• School of Science and Engineering
• School of Social Work

Tulane's 110-acre uptown campus houses the majority of its schools and colleges. There are also centers or satellite campuses near Belle Chasse and in Covington, LLa.; Biloxi, Miss; and Houston.

Tulane's athletic teams are the Green Waves. The university participates in the NCAA Division I-Bowl and is a member of Conference USA.

Among Tulane University's notable alumni are Howard Baaker, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader; Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans; Scott Cowen, the university's President; Amy Carter, children's book author (and daughter of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter); Michael E. DeBakey, cardiac surgeon and pioneer; Jerry Springer, talk show host and former Mayor of Cincinnatti; Lauren Hutton, model; actor Paul Michael Glaser; and Nicole Cooley, Walt Whitman Award-winning poet. Fashion designer Geoffrey Beene studied mediccine at Tulane but did not graduate.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, business and management, fine arts, medicine, architecture and planning, and law.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Tulane University Of Louisiana participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 81% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 10,737 in 2009-2010 (8,542 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 60% of enrolled students, graduate students are 27%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 13%.

Students under 25 years old represent 58% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Tulane University Of Louisiana provides on-campus housing for 3,400 of its 8,542 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Conference USA for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 28 male students received the aid (men were 61% of those receiving aid) and 18 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 39% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Tulane University Of Louisiana offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (136 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Architecture and Related Services

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (769 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (63 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (2 awarded)

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (52 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (84 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (44 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (327 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (564 awarded)

• African Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (64 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (82 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICINE (397 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (15 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (34 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (258 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Animal Genetics
• Animal Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biostatistics
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Epidemiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Immunology
• Parasitology
• Pharmacology
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (4 awarded)

• Security and Protective Services

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (107 awarded)

• Maternal and Child Health
• Psychology