Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA · Public · Large city · SUNO
Public institution in New Orleans, LA · 1,095 undergraduates · 60% acceptance rate · $34,042 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 16%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 21%Cost of attendance
- Top 25%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $15,260702nd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,490318th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $16,390622nd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $20,893419th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $31,0001,821st lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $34,0421,807th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $29,1481,763rd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 17.9%1,926th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 48.4%1,751st highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 60.2%408th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 9101,007th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,0951,313th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1979th smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 44.6%529th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 317 mi (IAH)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $45
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 19 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social WorkPublic Administration | bachelors | $35,274 | $32,925 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesLiberal Arts | bachelors | $33,281 | — |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $31,038 | $29,685 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $29,685 | $36,141 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsHomeland Security & Law Enforcement | bachelors | $28,960 | $26,585 |
| Biology, GeneralBiological Sciences | bachelors | $16,874 | $26,715 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $15,817 | $18,771 |
| Education, GeneralEducation | bachelors | — | — |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | — | — |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsBusiness | bachelors | — | — |
| History | bachelors | — | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
- A Historically Black College or University (HBCU)source
- Founded in 1956source
- School colors: #61AEE1 and #FFC72Csource
- Athletic nickname: "Knights and Lady Knights"source
- Formerly known as "Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College New Orleans Branch Unit" (1956–1975)source
- Athletic conference: NAIAsource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
Athletics — 3 sports
NAIA Division I · NAIA
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $200,000 (M $100,000 · W $100,000)
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Southern University at New Orleans’s 1,095 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In LA
- Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, LA · 1,111 undergrads
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New OrleansNew Orleans, LA · 843 undergrads
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, LA · 826 undergrads
- New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orleans, LA · 770 undergrads
- Louisiana Christian UniversityPineville, LA · 750 undergrads
- Centenary College of LouisianaShreveport, LA · 615 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Hendrix CollegeConway, AR · 1,094 undergrads
- American International CollegeSpringfield, MA · 1,097 undergrads
- City University of SeattleSeattle, WA · 1,091 undergrads
- Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY · 1,099 undergrads
- Shorter UniversityRome, GA · 1,091 undergrads
- Mount St. Joseph UniversityCincinnati, OH · 1,100 undergrads
Key links
- Official websitesuno.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 160630)
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