University of New Orleans
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 6.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 104 Title IV programs, 25 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 3 fail. 76 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing25 · 24.0%
- No Data76 · 73.1%
- Failing3 · 2.9%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 9
- Dec 2025Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,897 students received $17.1M in Pell grants, alongside $20.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,540 borrowers who entered repayment, 44 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of New Orleans
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus10
- Public property8
Includes 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Data quality: 1 report was later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of New Orleans vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of New Orleans selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of New Orleans | 38% | — | 6,501 | $12,384 | R2 Research |
| 27% | 35.1% | 8,279 | $20,077 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 86.4% | 11,873 | $11,864 | R2 Research | |
| 35% | 70.1% | 6,310 | $15,796 | R2 Research | |
| 51% | 93.1% | 6,326 | $23,836 | R2 Research | |
| 37% | 58.8% | 8,216 | $17,248 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 38% | 70.1% | 7,359 | $16,522 |
Institutions like University of New Orleans
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of New Orleans's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchLouisiana
Southern University and A & M College
Grad rate27%Admit rate35.1%Enrollment8,279Net price$20,077View data - R2 ResearchLouisiana
Louisiana Tech University
Grad rate62%Admit rate86.4%Enrollment11,873Net price$11,864View data - R2 ResearchTennessee
Tennessee State University
Grad rate35%Admit rate70.1%Enrollment6,310Net price$15,796View data - R2 ResearchMississippi
Jackson State University
Grad rate51%Admit rate93.1%Enrollment6,326Net price$23,836View data - R2 ResearchArkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Grad rate37%Admit rate58.8%Enrollment8,216Net price$17,248View data
University of New Orleans Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, & Planning (OIERP) supports data-informed decision-making with accurate and timely reporting of official data to internal and external (state and federal) audiences.
Visit IR office page- Colby J. Stoever, Ph.D.Director | Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Pedro T Moura NetoAnalyst|Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
- Kazuaki MaiAnalyst|Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness
Common Data Set
University of New Orleans's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1174 transfer applicants → 94 admitted (54.1%) → 36 enrolled
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