- Inception
- 1834
- admission rate
- 0.11
- admission yield rate
- 0.37
- Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
- doctoral universities: very high research activity, majority undergraduate, research doctoral: comprehensive programs, with medical/veterinary school, four-year, large, primarily residential, arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence, four-year, medium full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- count of students
- 13927, 13447
- employees
- 4000
- endowment
- 1458648000, 2051940000, 1921195000
- member of
- Association of Research Libraries, Southeastern Conference, ORCID, Inc., Association of American Universities, Association of American Colleges and Universities, American Council on Education, National Humanities Alliance, Coalition for Networked Information, Center for Research Libraries, Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, Council on Governmental Relations
- postal code
- 70118-5698
- ranking
- 436, 600, 471, 309, 387, 412, 419, 414
- social media followers
- 31573, 30022, 34519, 36739
- street address
- 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70118-5698
- total assets
- 2839325000