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Tulane University

School info
4.1
Overall Quality
Reputation
4.5
Food
3.4
Clubs
4.2
Facilities
4.3
Internet
3.4
Location
4.7
Opportunities
4.3
Safety
3.5
Social
4.5
Happiness
4.6

Basic Information

Location

  • New Orleans, LA

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Private research university
  • Established: 1834; 190 years ago (1834)
  • Founder: Medical College of Louisiana founders (seven young doctors), Paul Tulane, Josephine Louise Newcomb

Academic information

Key Area

  • Energy and the Environment
  • Healthy Communities
  • Water Management and Climate Change
  • Advanced Materials and Biomolecular Engineering
  • Health Sciences

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 14,027 (Fall 2022)
  • Undergraduates: 8,610
  • Postgraduates: 5,452
  • Academic Staff: approx. 1,200
  • Administrative Staff: approx. 2,900

Notable Alumni

  • David Filo
  • Bryan Batt
  • Luis Guillermo Solís
  • Cleanth Brooks
  • Janice Foster

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
Love this school so much!!! Such great professors, social life, and facilities. You feel truly cared about and part of the community!
Overall 5
Amazing school, resources, location, and faculty.
Overall 5
Best School there is!!!!!
Overall 5
I love Tulane! SO great socially. Definitely a work hard play hard school but is amazing. Exceptional teachers, outreach programs, and opportunities. There are so many clubs to join and varying avenues to the path for success. There are a vast number of famous resources and everyone here absolutely loves Tulane. Great community, campus life, & more
Overall 5
The phrase "work hard, play hard" very accurately describes Tulane.
Overall 4.9
Great school, even better location. New Orleans becomes your home.
Overall 4.9
Tulane's location is unbeatable. It is located is one of the most exciting and culturally rich cities in America. It's reputation is fantastic as a top tier academic and research institution. You are set up for success with a degree from Tulane and you'll have fun doing it. It is consistently ranked as a school with the happiest students.
Overall 4.9
I could not be happier with my choice to attend Tulane University.
Overall 4.9
everything is amazing
Overall 4.9
Most amazing University. Would reccomend Tulane to anyone with a passion for life, learning, fun, and new experiences in an amazing city with the history of a lifetime! Love it here so much.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
this school stinks
Overall 1.1
I don't think I could be more appalled by the service/resources that are non-existent, food & turning people into sumo wrestlers by soph yr (33g fat in smokd sausage), faculty/TA's horrible, and its nothing but being drunk and high, with boot 10ft from campus, co2 cart's all over, unkempt landscaping, no dorms, tulane 0/0, gen lee's school sucks.