University Setting

Campus, Academics, Faculty, Students, Tuition, UL Lafayette's Impact, Athletics, Noteworthy, University of Louisiana System, The First Century of Service

Campus

  • The University of Louisiana at Lafayette owns a total of about 1,400 acres. Its main campus consists of 137 acres; the athletic complex and Cajundome sit on 243 acres; University Research Park has 148 acres; the Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology has 51 acres; and the Equine Center is comprised of 100 acres.
  • UL Lafayette has a 600-acre farm/renewable resources laboratory
  • It also owns the 100-acre New Iberia Research Center in New Iberia, La., which is one of the largest private non-human, primate breeding colonies in the world.
  • UL Lafayette maintains more than 261 campus buildings that have a total of about 4.2 million square feet.
  • University Research Park tenants include:
  • The Cajundome is a 12,800-seat multipurpose arena. There is an adjacent $13 million convention center.
  • Edith Garland Dupre Library is one of the most technologically advanced university libraries in Louisiana.
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Academics

 
  • 100 percent of all undergraduate programs at UL Lafayette that are eligible for accreditation by professional agencies are accredited.
  • UL Lafayette is a member of the Southeastern Universities Research Association, which is composed of members from more than a dozen southeastern states and the District of Columbia. Other members include Duke, Vanderbilt and Auburn universities.
  • The Carnegie Foundation has designated UL Lafayette as a 'Research University with High Research Activity'. That puts UL Lafayette in the same category as Clemson, Auburn and Baylor universities. The only other Louisiana institution in the same category is the University of New Orleans.
  • The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
  • UL Lafayette offers 80 undergraduate degree programs.
  • There are 29 master's degree programs and one post master's certificate program.
  • Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered in applied language and speech sciences, biology, cognitive science, English, Francophone studies, mathematics, computer science and computer engineering. A joint doctor of education degree is offered in educational leadership by UL Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University.
  • About 1,200 students are graduated each fall and spring.
  • UL Lafayette is a selective admissions university.
  • UL Lafayette has 10 colleges and schools.
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Faculty & Staff

  • There are 543 full-time and 283 part-time faculty members.
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Students

  • Total Fall 2006 enrollment* is 16,303 including 1,379 graduate students.
  • UL Lafayette has students from 48 states and possessions and from 92 foreign countries.
  • There are 605 international students.
  • 57% of the Fall 2006 student body are female and 43% are male.
  • 92% of all UL Lafayette students enrolled in Fall 2006 are from Louisiana.

    *The number of students attending in the fall semester is a university's official enrollment.
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Tuition and Fees

* Fall 2007 Semester * Subject to change

  • Undergraduate, Full Time (12 credit hours)
    • Resident (In State) $1,700.85
    • Non-Resident (Out of State)
      • U.S. Citizen $4,790.85
      • International $4,858.85
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UL Lafayette's Impact

  • UL Lafayette employs about 1,575 local citizens and through spending, sustains more than 12,800 jobs in the Lafayette area.
  • If it were a private business, the university would rank 5th in the Top 100 private businesses in Acadiana.
  • UL Lafayette's total economic impact is $650 million to $700 million in Acadiana each year.
  • The University of Louisiana at Lafayette pays more than $65 million in salaries and wages each year.
  • Students are responsible for $129 million in direct spending annually.
  • The university injects about $149 million of direct, unrestricted spending into the Lafayette economy per year.
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Athletics

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Noteworthy
  • The Louisiana Immersive Technology Center is a $29 million state-of-the-art facility in University Research Park. It features several 'visualization' environments that enable researchers to manipulate complex data into workable 3-D models. It's supported by some of the most sophisticated supercomputers in the world. LITE was developed as an economic development tool through a partnership formed by UL Lafayette, the State of Louisiana and the Lafayette Economic Development Authority.

     
  • The Computer Science Department and the Center for Advanced Computer Studies moved into a new $10 million building in January.

     
  • UL Lafayette is experiencing one of the biggest building booms in its history. Construction projects totaling about $130 million are under way, have recently been completed or are about to begin.

     
  • The College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions is the third largest traditional nursing program in the United States.

     
  • The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the most affordable universities in the nation, thanks to comprehensive scholarship and financial aid programs, including out-of-state fee waivers to qualified students.

     
  • CAPE1, a small satellite designed and built by UL Lafayette students, was launched from a site in Kazakhstan in April. It's the first satellite to be designed, build and launched by a Louisiana university.

     
  • Zeke, UL Lafayette's first supercomputer, was linked to the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative in December. In the time it takes a bullet to travel one foot, Zeke can complete 330 million calculations. In the blink of an eye, it can complete two billion calculations.

     
  • The B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration's master's of business administration program is included in the 2007 edition of Princeton Review's Best 282 Business Schools.

     
  • UL Lafayette's Graduate School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

     
  • The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has the only degree-granting industrial design program in Louisiana. The four-year professional program is part of the School of Architecture and Design.

     
  • The Ragin' Jazz is one of the top 10 college dance teams in the nation. It ranked third in the Division 1A hip hop category in the Universal Dance Association's Collegiate Nationals competition this year. It placed 10th in the Division 1A dance category. This is the third consecutive year that the dance team has been ranked in the top 10 of both Division 1A categories.

     
  • KRVS radio station on campus was the first in its market to broadcast a digital signal. That new signal is the studio equivalent of high definition television.
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University of Louisiana System

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is part of the University of Louisiana System. Other members are:

  • Grambling State University, Grambling, La.
  • Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La.
  • McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La.
  • Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La.
  • Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La.
  • Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La.
  • University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, La.
 
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The First Century of Service

  • In 1898, Louisiana lawmakers approved the creation of an "Industrial Institute and academy" in the 13th Senatorial District.
  • In 1900, Dr. Edwin L. Stephens was named the first president of Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, which was to be located on the outskirts of Lafayette on 25 acres of donated land. SLII opened its doors on Sept. 18, 1901, with 100 students and eight faculty members.
  • In 1903, 18 students were the first to graduate from SLII.
  • In 1921, SLII became Southwestern Louisiana Institute when it was designated as one of the state's institutions of higher learning. The year before, it had begun offering a four-year course that culminated with a bachelor of arts degree.
  • In 1960, the state legislature approved renaming Southwest Louisiana Institute to the University of Southwestern Louisiana. At this time USL was composed of a graduate school and six colleges: agriculture, business administration, education, engineering, liberal arts, and nursing.
  • In 1999, USL was renamed the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The new name better reflects its status as the state's second largest university and an institution with statewide and national - rather than regional - influence. USL also implemented selective admissions in 1999.
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Document last revised Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 06:42 PM

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