Study at Dillard University

Dillard is in New Orleans, LA. New Orleans is a medium-sized city. The school is classified as a United Methodist college. Dillard is a private, not-for-profit institution. The school issues awards (degrees) up to the level of Bachelor's degree.

Course Topics

Dillard offers many Course Topics. Fields of study in vogue at the school include media, science, and drama and performing arts.

Dillard Selectivity

Not all applicants to Dillard are accepted. Just 46% of applicants in 2007 were accepted at the school. The top quarter of students at Dillard scored at least 500 on the verbal SAT test. Students' math SAT scores were most often in the range 380 to 450 in 2007.

Faculty

The schools' faculty/student ratio of superior to most. The most successful professors at Dillard are given tenure, encouraging them to stay with the school for a long time.

Student Enrollment

Approximately 956 students study at the school (in 2007). Dillard is particularly welcoming to minority students.

Student Life

The school offers a real campus feel. Dillard makes housing available to a large share of its students. Students at the school can take advantage of the school's meal plans. Students participate in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference athletics.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"Dillard University is a private, historically black, comprehensive undergraduate institution, having as its purpose the development of graduates who are broadly educated, culturally aware, concerned with improving the human condition, and able to meet the competitive demands of a global and technologically advanced society. To achieve this purpose, the university strives to create and maintain an academic climate that is conducive to the pursuit of scholarship through programs of excellence anchored in the liberal arts."