New Orleans, LA · Private nonprofit
14%
Acceptance rate
1,443
SAT Average
$43,939
Avg net price
7,759
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,311Master’s 1,330Doctoral 589 |
| Bachelor’s 674Master’s 483Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 339Master’s 26Doctoral 16 |
| Bachelor’s 241Master’s 223Doctoral 41 |
| Bachelor’s 201Master’s 9Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 178Master’s 174Doctoral 186 |
| Bachelor’s 165Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 86Master’s 11Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 85Master’s 33Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 19Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s 25Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 38Master’s 10Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s 3Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 1Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 6Doctoral 17 |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 4Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s 30Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s 19Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s 19Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s 4Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s 69Doctoral 215 |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s 12Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 5Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 127Doctoral 68 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Tulane University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- American Conference
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
412 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Early Decision
Binding · Decision released by Dec 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Action
Decision released by Jan 10 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Dec 15
Early Decision II
Binding · Decision released by Feb 15 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Jan 15
Regular Decision
Decision released by Apr 1 · CSS Profile, FAFSA due Feb 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $64,372
- Required fees
- $4,306
- Food and housing
- $18,868
- Books and supplies
- $1,400
- Other expenses
- $2,740
- Total
- $91,686
- $74,8842019–2019–20
- $78,6802020–2120–21
- $81,2322021–2221–22
- $83,8902022–2322–23
- $87,4462023–2423–24
- $91,6862024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $43,939 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 36%
- Average share of need met
- 94.3%
- Average need-based grant
- $64,125
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Tulane University of Louisiana’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Tulane University of Louisiana admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Tulane University of Louisiana runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Tulane University of Louisiana admits in-state applicants at 22.2%, out-of-state applicants at 14.1%, and international applicants at 12.1%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,858 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 41% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
11% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
27% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Tulane University of Louisiana’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.7% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 20% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.67
High-school class rank
Among the 20% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Tulane University of Louisiana rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Very important
- First generation
- Very important
- Volunteer work
- Very important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Level of applicant's interest
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Tulane University of Louisiana’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $92,828 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $43,939 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 665 of 1,858 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $92,828
Averages among the 665 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Tulane University of Louisiana offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Tulane University of Louisiana admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
94.4% of Tulane University of Louisiana’s first-years return for a second year and 88.9% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03