University

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Urban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $68,678
Out-of-state tuition: $68,678
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 7,767

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2025–2026 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

14.5%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 6,839 students
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 6,812 students; Sum of full-time undergraduate students reported in B1.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 27 students; Sum of part-time undergraduate students reported in B1.

Majors

Accounting and Related Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Architectural Sciences and Technology
Architecture and Related Services
Architecture
Architecture and Related Services
Area Studies
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Engineering
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Deadlines

Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-10 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

How many responses?

Tulane admissions materials identify an additional Tulane-specific essay; exact current-cycle prompt wording is delivered in the live Common App application.

2026–2027

Optional · General first-year applicants; optional
Why are you interested in Tulane?
No length limit reported — Verbatim prompt recorded from the official first-party source.
https://admission.tulane.edu/plan-for-college

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $0
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Required
Tulane admissions materials identify an additional Tulane-specific essay; exact current-cycle prompt wording is delivered in the live Common App application.
https://admission.tulane.edu/plan-your-summer

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fees, fee-waiver availability, and personal-essay requirements; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Official source · supports requirements:2026–2027:supplemental_essays
https://admission.tulane.edu/plan-your-summer
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Tulane admissions page identifies an additional essay asking why the applicant is interested in Tulane.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 32,942 applicants
First-year students admitted (C1): 4,763 students
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,858 students
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): 11.49%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 11.49%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): 34.11%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 34.11%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): 31.08%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 31.08%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): 15.65%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 15.65%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): 6.15%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 6.15%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): 1.19%; All enrolled students column; the official CDS reports 1.19%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0.00% in the all enrolled students column.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0.00% in the all enrolled students column.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0.00% in the all enrolled students column.
Average high-school GPA (C12): 3.67 GPA; The official CDS reports an average high-school GPA of 3.67 for students who submitted GPA.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 11%; The official CDS reports 11% and 203 submitters.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 27%; The official CDS reports 27% and 496 submitters.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 710 score
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 710 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 32 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 7:1; The official CDS reports a Fall 2025 ratio of 7 to 1, based on 6,816 students and 971 faculty.

Source: Tulane University Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://tulane.app.box.com/s/1dgaxpa2x2ie24zgglrg0puwm1h7xrt5 · Import: cds-2026-09-v102

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

14.0%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution
First-year applications (C1): 32,609 applicants; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students admitted (C1): 4,559 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,838 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 8,192 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 7,442 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 750 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 13%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 28%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 700 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 700 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 770 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 31 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Tulane University of Louisiana Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://tulane.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

Business/Commerce, General

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Chemical Engineering

Engineering

Chemistry

Physical Sciences

Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Communication and Media Studies

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Computer and Information Sciences, General