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Dillard University Dillard University
2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, LA, 70122

P: 504-283-8822
http://www.dillard.edu/



Fast Facts
Set on a beautiful 55-acre campus in historic New Orleans, Louisiana, Dillard University offers a high-quality, comprehensive—and affordable—education in an intimate and supportive environment that helps students reach their full potential. The faculty at Dillard not only teach, but are true mentors. Dillard’s internships, rate of placements in the workplace and admissions to graduate schools are among the highest in the nation. Dillard is preparing them for world-class
graduate and professional schools, and successful careers in law, medicine, science and research, education, business, and the arts and entertainment. Dillard students are being prepared for leadership roles and for giving back to their communities, their states, their nation and the world.

STUDENT PROFILE
# of degree-seeking undergraduates          781
% male/female                                              29/71
% African-American                                            71
% American Indian or Alaska Native                 0
% Asian or Pacific Islander                               <1
% Hispanic                                                           <1
% White                                                                 <1
% International                                                    n/a
% Pell grant recipients                                       73
First-generation and minority alumni Lisa Frazier-Page, writer, The Washington Post; Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician; Garrett Morris, comedian, actor; Ruth J. Simmons, first African-American president of an Ivy League School (Brown University)

ACADEMICS
full-time faculty                                                  104
full-time minority faculty                                     94
student-faculty ratio                                            7:1
average class size                                              13
% first-year retention rate                                   69
% graduation rate (6 years)                               37
Popular majors Biology, Nursing, Mass Communication, Business Management, Sociology

CAMPUS LIFE
% live on campus (% freshmen)            47 (100)
Multicultural student clubs and organizations
International Language Club, Melton Foundation, Vision Quest
Athletics NAIA, Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

ADMISSIONS
# of applicants                                                          1,974
% accepted                                                                     35
# of first-year students enrolled                                173
SAT Critical Reading range                               310-560
SAT Math range                                                    400-560
SAT Writing range                                                310-440
ACT range                                                                  16-20
average HS GPA                                                            2.8
Deadlines
regular admission                                                   rolling
application fee (online)                                                $30
fee waiver for applicants
   with financial need                                                     yes

COST & AID
tuition                                                                       $13,000
room & board                                                            $8,285
total need-based institutional
   scholarships/grants                                       $5,844,681
% of students apply for
   need-based aid                                                              92
% of students receive aid                                                 92
% receiving need-based scholarship
   or grant aid                                                                       52
% receiving aid whose need was
   fully met                                                                            73
average aid package                                              $15,421
average student loan debt
   upon graduation                                                   $26,000

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