At a Glance

Did You Know?

• UNO Named One of The Top 50 Best Urban Colleges in America
• Forbes has named Greater New Orleans as the #1 Best Place in America for College Students and Graduates.
• Ranked Top 50 in the Nation for Social Mobility by U.S. News & World Report
• Named a 2025 U.S. News & World Report Best College
• UNO has graduated more than 80,000 alumni - more than half of whom live and work in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area.
• UNO has educated students from all 64 Louisiana parishes, all 50 states in the United States and more than 140 countries.
• Located on the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, only 15 minutes from the French Quarter, UNO occupies a 195-acre campus in one of the finest residential areas of the city.
• The University has been classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University (high research activity), one of fewer than 100 public universities that holds this prestigious designator.
• The Brookings Institution ranked UNO third in the nation for providing equal access to higher education for students from all income levels.
• Over $41 million dollars in financial aid and scholarships are awarded annually to UNO students. Financial assistance is awarded to nearly 77% of our students.
• According to U.S. News & World Report, UNO is among the top 50 National Universities whose students graduate with the least average debt and tops in the state among National Universities.
• UNO faculty represent a talented group of individuals with exceptional academic and professional credentials. Over 80% of full-time instructional faculty hold the doctorate or terminal degree in their field.
• UNO students, faculty and alumni perform on more stages at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on an annual basis than representatives from any other college or university.
• In 2022, UNO marked the 45th year of its study-abroad collaboration with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. During that time more than 11,000 students have participated in the program.
• We are ranked among the top 1,000 universities in the world and the top 200 in the United States, according to the Center for World University Rankings.
• UNO alumni have the highest average early-career salaries among graduates of all Louisiana universities, according to a 2016 Payscale.com report.

Academic Highlights

• Our Master’s degree program in hotel, restaurant and tourism administration has a 100 percent industry-specific job placement rate over the history of the program. UNO now offers a completely online executive master's degree in hospitality and tourism management.
• The information assurance concentration within the computer science department has certifications from the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security
• The School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering is the only one in the region and one of only several in the nation.
• The Department of Planning and Urban Studies offers the only master’s degree in urban planning in the state.
• The College of Liberal Arts, Education and Human Development has prepared more educational personnel in the metro New Orleans area than any other institution.
• UNO offers the only civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering programs in the New Orleans area.
• UNO's Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology is the only university research center in the country that focuses on hazard mitigation.