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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#73 Best Value Schools
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#40 National Universities
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#18 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#42 Most Innovative Schools
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#365 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#43 Business Programs
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#93 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#3 Service Learning
Tulane University is ranked #40 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
67
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
89
Graduation and retention rank
58
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
84%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
93%
Social Mobility Rank
365
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
77%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
86%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
81%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
4
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
27
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
83
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
83.2%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
95%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
62%
Classes with 50 or more students
6%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
8:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
33
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
30-33
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
63%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
33
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
52
Average alumni giving rate
16.9%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
