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SUNO landed the #2,082 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNO held the #2,136 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 30 colleges in Louisiana, SUNO is ranked at #29.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 94%, some consider SUNO to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
SUNO received ACT scores from 63% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 15 and 18.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Southern University at New Orleans is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Southern University at New Orleans is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 46% rate at Southern University at New Orleans is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at SUNO is 4%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Southern University at New Orleans.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,941 undergraduates at SUNO with 1,069 being full-time and 872 being part-time.
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 SUNO, 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 SUNO, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $5,282 a year. That adds up to $21,128 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for SUNO are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126 |
| Phone: | 504-286-5000 |
| Website: | www.suno.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Social Work | 89 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 66 | $33,494 |
| Business Administration & Management | 34 | $40,173 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 28 | $25,777 |
| General Education | 27 | NA |
| General Psychology | 26 | NA |
| General Biology | 18 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 18 | $33,687 |
| Information Science | 17 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 13 | 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 2022-2023, 1,059 students took at least one online class at Southern University at New Orleans. This is a decrease from the 1,241 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,059 | 386 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,241 | 385 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,264 | 775 |
| 2018-2019 | 887 | 102 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern University at New Orleans.
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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