Side-by-Side Comparison of University of New Orleans

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	University of South Alabama	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Indiana State University	McNeese State University	University of New Orleans	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Overview
Location	Mobile, Alabama	Little Rock, Arkansas	Terre Haute, Indiana	Lake Charles, Louisiana	New Orleans, Louisiana	North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Campus setting	City: Midsize	City: Midsize	City: Small	City: Small	City: Large	Suburb: Midsize
College type	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public	Public	Public	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	71.0%	65.0%	61.0%	69.0%	58.0%	68.0%
Common app member	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Religious affiliation
Admission
Acceptance rate	70.8%	57.7%	93.7%	68.8%	80.6%	92.2%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $35 Graduate: $35	Undergraduate: $40 Graduate: $40	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $45	Undergraduate: $20 Graduate: $20	Undergraduate: $25 Graduate: $40	Undergraduate: $60 Graduate: $60
SAT range	985 - 1215	1020 - 1180	N/A	990 - 1170	1010 - 1280	1030 - 1260
ACT range	19 - 26	19 - 25	N/A	20 - 24	18 - 24	19 - 26
Students submitting SAT score	7.0%	5.0%		9.0%	5.0%	16.0%
Students submitting ACT score	86.0%	85.0%		92.0%	78.0%	1.0%
Total number of applicants	11,817	3,786	12,581	2,599	5,633	7,983
Total number of admissions given out	8,364	2,184	11,786	1,787	4,539	7,362
Admitted students who chose to enroll	1,778	481	1,434	1,020	1,151	1,265
Yield rate	21.3%	22.0%	12.2%	57.1%	25.4%	17.2%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required	Required
Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $23,838 Out of state: $32,094	In state: $28,733 Out of state: $39,324	In state: $24,804 Out of state: $36,068	In state: $24,802 Out of state: $32,840	In state: $25,647 Out of state: $30,483	In state: $27,680 Out of state: $43,425
Average net price	$14,984	$11,901	$13,653	$10,487	$11,341	$21,708
Tuition	In state: $8,256 Out of state: $16,512	In state: $5,729 Out of state: $16,320	In state: $9,318 Out of state: $20,582	In state: $5,147 Out of state: $13,185	In state: $6,090 Out of state: $10,926	In state: $13,833 Out of state: $29,578
Room & board	Room/dormitory: $4,260 Meal plan: $3,890	Room/dormitory: $5,180 Meal plan: $3,750	Room/dormitory: $7,346 Meal plan: $4,284	Room/dormitory: $5,526 Meal plan: $3,818	Room/dormitory: $5,810 Meal plan: $4,720	Room/dormitory: $10,107 Meal plan: $5,778
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan
Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	92.0% Average amount $7,774	96.0% Average amount $9,445	94.0% Average amount $8,657	94.0% Average amount $10,030	88.0% Average amount $9,565	97.0% Average amount $8,261
Students receiving federal student loan	49.0% Average amount $10,354	45.0% Average amount $5,576	59.0% Average amount $5,979	30.0% Average amount $4,643	35.0% Average amount $4,585	56.0% Average amount $5,184
Students taking out private loans	4.0% Average amount $12,311	2.0% Average amount $10,227	7.0% Average amount $11,296	1.0% Average amount $9,603	1.0% Average amount $10,464	9.0% Average amount $10,919
Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	8,833 Men 38.7% Women 61.3%	5,969 Men 36.7% Women 63.3%	7,704 Men 43.7% Women 56.3%	5,893 Men 38.6% Women 61.4%	6,508 Men 47.5% Women 52.5%	5,833 Men 48.0% Women 52.0%
Graduate students	5,159 Men 20.2% Women 79.8%	2,326 Men 38.5% Women 61.5%	1,755 Men 36.2% Women 63.8%	561 Men 25.0% Women 75.0%	1,445 Men 40.7% Women 59.3%	1,884 Men 46.4% Women 53.6%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Low	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Low
Out-of-state students	24.3%	11.3%	17.1%	6.3%	7.4%	N/A
International students	1.5%	5.5%	2.4%	5.2%	3.4%	4.1%
Campus local/setting	City: Midsize	City: Midsize	City: Small	City: Small	City: Large	Suburb: Midsize
Dormitory capacity	3,331	1,395	3,929	1,037	1,604	4,016
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No	No	No	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	Alabama Mississippi Florida Illinois Louisiana	Arkansas Texas Florida Oklahoma Indiana	Indiana Illinois Ohio Missouri	Louisiana Texas California Mississippi Indiana	Louisiana Illinois Texas Florida Pennsylvania	Mississippi Rhode Island Connecticut New Hampshire New York
Academics
Popular study areas	Health Professions Education Business Engineering Computer and Information Science	Health Professions Business Public Administration and Social Service Education Liberal Arts	Health Professions Education Business Kinesiology & Leisure Studies Engineering Technologies	Health Professions Business Liberal Arts Engineering Kinesiology & Leisure Studies	Business Engineering Biological and Biomedical Sciences Multidisciplinary Studies Visual & Performing Arts	Health Professions Business Engineering Computer and Information Science Visual & Performing Arts
Students to faculty ratio	17:1	11:1	16:1	19:1	19:1	15:1
Institutional accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Higher Learning Commission	Higher Learning Commission	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges	New England Commission on Higher Education
Outcome
Graduation rate	47.4%	39.9%	41.2%	42.2%	38.9%	54.1%
Dropout rate	19.5%	31.2%	57.4%	23.6%	20.6%	13.0%
Transferred out	29.5%	25.3%	N/A	30.0%	34.5%	32.2%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $116,286 Year 2: $109,763 Year 3: $117,239 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $110,918 Year 2: $115,711 Year 3: $112,240 Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $101,131 Year 2: $102,706 Year 3: $111,122 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $93,584 Year 2: $96,954 Year 3: $102,546 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $60,839 Year 3: $80,009 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $72,655 Year 2: $72,214 Year 3: $79,002 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,253 Year 2: $66,240 Year 3: $76,272 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $69,913 Year 2: $68,219 Year 3: $75,983 Chemical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $70,168 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $74,579 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,562 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $72,349	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $65,541 Year 2: $70,536 Year 3: $72,771 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $73,078 Year 2: $54,739 Year 3: $68,918 Construction Engineering Technologies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $55,512 Year 3: $63,376 Law (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $46,708 Year 2: $56,302 Year 3: $61,634 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: $57,268 Year 2: $54,032 Year 3: $58,844 Systems Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,749 Year 2: N/A Year 3: $57,063 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $47,546 Year 2: $48,667 Year 3: $52,075 Social Work (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $45,951 Year 2: $47,877 Year 3: $50,493 Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $45,502 Year 2: $48,041 Year 3: $47,743 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $36,944 Year 2: $44,765 Year 3: $46,128	Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $108,149 Year 2: $98,915 Year 3: $104,293 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $94,087 Year 2: $97,959 Year 3: $102,110 Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $89,625 Year 2: $94,408 Year 3: $101,146 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $62,741 Year 2: $67,420 Year 3: $68,209 Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,199 Year 2: $61,350 Year 3: $66,936 Construction Management (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,441 Year 2: $55,286 Year 3: $64,649 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $59,124 Year 3: $64,169 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $72,688 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $63,602 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $58,294 Year 2: $58,739 Year 3: $61,243 Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $53,232 Year 2: $53,775 Year 3: $61,153	Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $96,390 Year 2: $96,345 Year 3: $105,678 Engineering, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,056 Year 2: $69,338 Year 3: $76,973 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,639 Year 2: $58,104 Year 3: $60,913 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $49,618 Year 2: $47,260 Year 3: $60,301 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $54,252 Year 3: $58,599 Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,302 Year 2: $48,139 Year 3: $47,981 Psychology, General (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $47,245 Year 2: $44,835 Year 3: $46,186 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $46,673 Year 3: $44,792 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $40,269 Year 2: $43,240 Year 3: $44,695 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,474 Year 2: $38,829 Year 3: $42,799	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,967 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $74,073 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $64,533 Year 2: $62,012 Year 3: $69,852 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $59,819 Year 2: $57,318 Year 3: $66,931 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $62,202 Year 2: $63,692 Year 3: $64,372 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $50,417 Year 2: $59,214 Year 3: $64,229 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $51,978 Year 2: $50,606 Year 3: $58,936 Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $56,846 Year 2: $55,286 Year 3: $58,924 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $37,991 Year 2: $44,356 Year 3: $49,826 Hospitality Administration/Management (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $38,126 Year 2: $42,682 Year 3: $48,131 Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management (Master's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $41,549	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,125 Year 2: $63,997 Year 3: $78,340 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,755 Year 2: $68,858 Year 3: $77,609 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $66,332 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $77,144 Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,468 Year 2: $62,260 Year 3: $73,667 Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $63,422 Year 2: $64,258 Year 3: $68,475 Civil Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $61,458 Year 2: $49,937 Year 3: $63,316 Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $62,909 Year 2: $57,619 Year 3: $62,093 Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,847 Year 2: $42,235 Year 3: $57,975 Law (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $44,174 Year 2: $45,696 Year 3: $55,393 Management Information Systems and Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $50,618 Year 2: $46,478 Year 3: $52,829

Side-by-Side Comparison of University of New Orleans

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