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New Orleans, LA · Private · 2,628 undergraduates · urban

Xavier University of Louisiana

Moderately selective

Xavier is the nation’s Catholic HBCU and is especially distinctive for students targeting medicine, health professions and pharmacy.

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Institutional profile

Established Solid in mobility, and steady in student experience.
Academic Emerging Affordability Steady Career Steady Mobility Solid Experience Steady
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Steady
Career outcomes Steady
Mobility Solid
Student experience Steady
Admission
74.5% admitted

9,608 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
Varies across five income ranges

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Completion
50.4%

$52,184 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Xavier University of Louisiana apart

Academic design

The College of Arts and Sciences supports a heavily developed premedical advising structure, while the College of Pharmacy anchors professional health study.

Campus pattern

The New Orleans campus combines a close HBCU community with the cultural, clinical and service opportunities of a major Gulf Coast city.

Career & value signal

Premedical advising serves students across majors rather than treating premed as a degree, creating a focused health-professions pipeline within a liberal-arts curriculum.

Can I get in?

74.5% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

9,608

About 74 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 74.5%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%953–1138
8401260
ACT middle 50%19–25
1529

Of admitted students, 26% submitted an SAT, and 52% submitted an ACT. Decide by comparing your score with the published range and the rest of your academic record.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA20%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Xavier University of Louisiana, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Xavier University of Louisiana weighs when it reads a file

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  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

The College of Arts and Sciences supports a heavily developed premedical advising structure, while the College of Pharmacy anchors professional health study.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Xavier is the nation’s Catholic HBCU and is especially distinctive for students targeting medicine, health professions and pharmacy.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

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Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiverNo application fee

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Can I afford it?

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Published annual cost$45,630
Average annual cost after aid$17,000
Affordability profileSteady

College funding

Scholarships and financial aid

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Average annual cost by household income at Xavier University of Louisiana

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years50.4%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one71.2%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$52,184

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Biology, General

Recent graduates145
Median earnings$42,938

Psychology, General

Recent graduates61
Median earnings

Public Health

Recent graduates45
Median earnings$63,204

Chemistry

Recent graduates30
Median earnings$48,508

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Recent graduates27
Median earnings$41,198

What is campus life like?

Xavier University of Louisiana beyond the classroom

The New Orleans campus combines a close HBCU community with the cultural, clinical and service opportunities of a major Gulf Coast city.

Academics

A defining academic feature

The College of Arts and Sciences supports a heavily developed premedical advising structure, while the College of Pharmacy anchors professional health study.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

The New Orleans campus combines a close HBCU community with the cultural, clinical and service opportunities of a major Gulf Coast city.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Premedical advising serves students across majors rather than treating premed as a degree, creating a focused health-professions pipeline within a liberal-arts curriculum.

2,628 undergraduatesSoutheasturban setting90% of first-year students live on campus