Dillard University
New Orleans, LA · Private nonprofit41.9%
Acceptance rate
1,089
SAT Average
$18,553
Avg net price
1,111
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 256Master’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s 13 |
| Bachelor’s 36Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 36Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 29Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 9Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reported |
Athletic participation
181 unique student-athletes · 9 varsity teams
Rolling admissions
Fall Applicants
· Apply with the college's application, Common App, Common Black College Application, or Paper Application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $20,118
- Required fees
- $3,800
- Food and housing
- $13,543
- Books and supplies
- $1,300
- Other expenses
- $5,924
- Total
- $44,685
- $35,0292019–2019–20
- $35,1512020–2120–21
- $35,3102021–2221–22
- $37,7242022–2322–23
- $41,2042023–2423–24
- $44,6852024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $18,553 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, 2021–22
- First-years with need-based aid
- 95%
- Average share of need met
- 63.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $17,161
- Required forms
- FAFSA
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
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22
- 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 Dillard University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from the 2021–22 Common Data Set.
Dillard University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield.
No early admission plans appear in Dillard University's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Dillard University withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
309 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are recommended. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
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
14% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
62% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Dillard University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.31
Dillard University rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Level of applicant's interest
- Very important
- Interview
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Talent / ability
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
Dillard University leaves 3 Common Data Set answers blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Without the rank spread of enrolled students, there’s no top-of-class signal to place a transcript against.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
Dillard University’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 $31,520 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $18,553 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 306 of 323 first-years in the 2021–22 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 2021–22
Cost of attendance $31,520
Averages among the 306 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Dillard University offers both need-based and merit aid.
Intl aid recipients
Not disclosedAvg intl award
Not disclosedWaitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed69.6% of Dillard University’s first-years return for a second year and 45.1% 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
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03