Academic Life at Southern University at New Orleans

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Southern University at New Orleans: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty & Class Sizes

With 13 students per faculty member, Southern University at New Orleans is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. Southern University at New Orleans employs 100% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition page.

Majors and Fields of Study

Southern University at New Orleans offers 17 majors with reported completions across 13 broad fields of study.

Degrees offered at Southern University at New Orleans are summarised below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Southern University at New Orleans.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

More to Consider

As you weigh academic life at Southern University at New Orleans, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether Southern University at New Orleans offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,456 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well Southern University at New Orleans retains and graduates its students — 52% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Southern University at New Orleans.

Explore Further on Southern University at New Orleans

Follow the links below for a deeper look at a specific part of academic life:

• Majors & Degree Programs at Southern University at New Orleans — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty & Class Sizes at Southern University at New Orleans — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation and Retention at Southern University at New Orleans — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Distance Learning at Southern University at New Orleans — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation Detail at Southern University at New Orleans — accreditation status and accrediting bodies