University of Louisiana at Lafayette
School info
3.7
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
3.4
Clubs
3.7
Facilities
3.7
Internet
3
Location
3.9
Opportunities
3.7
Safety
3.6
Social
3.8
Happiness
4
Basic Information
Location
- Lafayette, LA
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public research university
- Established: July 14, 1898;126 years ago (1898-07-14)
- Founder: Robert Martin, Edwin Lewis Stephens, Crow and Maxim Girard
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 80 undergraduate degree programs
- 27 master's degree programs
- and 10 doctoral degree programs
Key Area
- Coastal Protection and Resiliency
- Environmental Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Structural and Architectural Engineering
- Alternative Energy from Waste Products
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 19,056 (Fall, 2023)
- Undergraduates: 13,179 (Fall, 2023)
- Postgraduates: 2,166 (Fall, 2023)
- Academic Staff: 776
Notable Alumni
- Ali Landry
- Richard Simmons
- Daniel Sunjata
- Ron Guidry
- Jake Delhomme
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 5
It’s coo if you know people
Overall 4.9
Great school, I love it here!
Overall 4.9
Absolutely great school.
Overall 4.9
Very good place to enjoy doing research!
Overall 4.9
love love love UL. deserves so much more recognition. geaux cajuns!
Overall 4.8
It's an amazing school in Louisiana.
Overall 4.7
UL Lafayette has become my home away from home. It is filled with vibrant traditions and allows you to get the "big college experience" in a smaller more community based town. I love that there is something for everyone and programs like special services for first-generation students that will help you to succeed. Geaux Cajuns!
Overall 4.7
Having visited other state universities, Louisiana was by far the best choice for me. Lafayette has a way of making you feel at home no mater where you're from.
Overall 4.7
UL is in my opinion one of the best schools in the South! Couldn't say more about this school. I already forsee myself being very sad the day I graduate due to the amount of love I have for this school. Truly one of the best places on earth. Geaux Cajuns!
Overall 4.7
The campus has been remodeled and changed for a better experience. The professors are excellent. Overall great atmosphere.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
don’t go here
Overall 1
cultures good but that's all
Overall 1
USL is not so rockin
Overall 1
If you aren't in greek life, majoring in nursing or engineering, or play a sport, you don't matter.
Overall 1.1
not caring for student metal health or side walks and floods
Overall 1.4
not focused on the wellbeing of its students. a suicide happened on campus, regarded an "unspeakable loss". The campus was enraged. Sad, not my choice of school. The curriculum in Health Science, it's like they try to make the courses as hard as they can.You learn to take a test. I believe the professors are only as smart as the books they use.
Overall 1.4
Uhhhh lets just say its no different than the other small state universities around the rest of Louisiana.
Overall 1.4
It feels like 13th grade around here. I've been told that's just small town Lafayette. No getting around it.
Overall 1.5
If you aren't from Louisiana you're going to hate it.
Overall 1.5
ULL has no substance or history to its name. My uncle still calls it University of Southwestern LA. Thats the name that carries the most history with the university. Never understood why they cut ties with that name which meant they threw away their true history.