by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
University of New Orleans was awarded 62 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business economics.
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UNO landed the #1,558 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UNO held the #1,728 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UNO is also ranked #14 out of 29 schools in Louisiana.
University of New Orleans has an acceptance rate of 81%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 5% of students accepted to UNO submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 490 and 640.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of New Orleans, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 University of New Orleans is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At University of New Orleans this rate is 58%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 25% for first-time, full-time students at UNO, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,895 undergraduates at UNO with 5,060 being full-time and 1,835 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,937 | $10,784 | $13,180 | $15,862 | $16,209 |
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 UNO, 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 UNO, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $4,843 a year. That adds up to $19,372 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UNO is 6.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for UNO are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148 |
| Phone: | 888-514-4275 |
| Website: | new.uno.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfNewOrleans |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UofNO |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 116 | $33,390 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 103 | $28,021 |
| Accounting | 93 | $37,991 |
| General Psychology | 81 | $26,587 |
| Writing Studies | 81 | NA |
| Computer Science | 63 | $59,819 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 59 | $64,533 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 50 | $35,194 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 42 | $21,943 |
| Marketing | 41 | $30,585 |
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, 5,812 students took at least one online class at University of New Orleans. This is a decrease from the 7,334 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,812 | 1,138 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,334 | 3,719 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,750 | 567 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,410 | 587 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,240 | 542 |
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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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