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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Catholic
Location New Orleans, LA
Population 900,000
Website https://uhcno.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,649 (58%)
Days Without Precipitation 246 (48%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 287
Men / Women 20% / 80%

Racial/Ethnic

White 40%
Black 27%
Hispanic 16%
Mixed 6%
Asian 5%
Native American 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 7% 14% 21% 28% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 20.3% 20.3% 2012 Men: 21.0% 21.0% 2013 Men: 15.3% 15.3% 2014 Men: 9.5% 9.5% 2015 Men: 14.1% 14.1% 2016 Men: 19.6% 19.6% 2017 Men: 11.1% 11.1% 2018 Men: 15.8% 15.8% 2019 Men: 16.9% 16.9% 2020 Men: 16.1% 16.1% 2021 Men: 16.4% 16.4% 2022 Men: 13.9% 13.9% 2023 Men: 24.2% 24.2% 2024 Men: 16.7% 16.7%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2013 Native: 2.4% 2.4% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 4.2% 4.2% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2013 Asian: 7.3% 7.3% 2014 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2015 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2016 Asian: 2.8% 2.8% 2017 Asian: 4.2% 4.2% 2018 Asian: 4.8% 4.8% 2019 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2020 Asian: 10.9% 10.9% 2021 Asian: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Asian: 2.7% 2.7% 2023 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Asian: 5.7% 5.7% 2012 Black: 25.9% 25.9% 2013 Black: 17.1% 17.1% 2014 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2015 Black: 18.1% 18.1% 2016 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2017 Black: 4.2% 4.2% 2018 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Black: 25.9% 25.9% 2020 Black: 14.1% 14.1% 2021 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2022 Black: 25.7% 25.7% 2023 Black: 17.9% 17.9% 2024 Black: 25.7% 25.7% 2012 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2013 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2014 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2015 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2016 Hispanic: 2.8% 2.8% 2017 Hispanic: 12.5% 12.5% 2018 Hispanic: 7.9% 7.9% 2019 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2020 Hispanic: 15.6% 15.6% 2021 Hispanic: 15.5% 15.5% 2022 Hispanic: 10.8% 10.8% 2023 Hispanic: 17.9% 17.9% 2024 Hispanic: 15.7% 15.7% 2012 White: 51.9% 51.9% 2013 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2014 White: 58.4% 58.4% 2015 White: 55.6% 55.6% 2016 White: 27.8% 27.8% 2017 White: 75.0% 75.0% 2018 White: 73.0% 73.0% 2019 White: 48.3% 48.3% 2020 White: 46.9% 46.9% 2021 White: 44.0% 44.0% 2022 White: 52.7% 52.7% 2023 White: 55.2% 55.2% 2024 White: 47.1% 47.1% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2021 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2022 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2023 Asian: 4.9% 4.9% 2024 Asian: 4.6% 4.6% 2025 Asian: 4.5% 4.5% 2020 Black: 24.7% 24.7% 2021 Black: 26.6% 26.6% 2022 Black: 24.5% 24.5% 2023 Black: 22.5% 22.5% 2024 Black: 20.9% 20.9% 2025 Black: 27.2% 27.2% 2020 Hispanic: 13.1% 13.1% 2021 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2022 Hispanic: 13.0% 13.0% 2023 Hispanic: 14.7% 14.7% 2024 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2025 Hispanic: 15.7% 15.7% 2020 White: 49.5% 49.5% 2021 White: 47.3% 47.3% 2022 White: 49.1% 49.1% 2023 White: 44.8% 44.8% 2024 White: 40.9% 40.9% 2025 White: 40.4% 40.4% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2025 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
University of Holy Cross 81 16% / 84% 0% $75,046 86 100%
Biology — — — — $62,971 73 —
Culinary Science/Culinology — — — — $55,273 58 —
Food Science — — — — $59,730 68 —
Soil Chemistry and Physics — — — — $57,654 64 —
Community Health — — — — $56,366 61 100%
Health Sciences 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $64,595 76 —
Neurodiagnostic Technology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $73,463 85 100%
Nursing 35 — 6% / 94% 0% $85,737 93 100%
Polysomnography — — — — $73,463 85 100%
Pre-Dentistry Studies — — — — $66,587 78 —
Pre-Health Studies — — — — $65,416 77 —
Pre-Medicine 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,862 77 —
Pre-Podiatry — — — — $65,787 77 —
Public Health 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $63,848 75 —
Radiologic Technology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $73,463 85 100%
Respiratory Care — — — — $73,463 85 100%
Accounting 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $69,034 81 —
Business Administration 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $66,246 78 —
Marketing 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Organizational Leadership 9 — 22% / 78% 0% $66,461 78 —
Behavioral Sciences 3 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
English 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
General Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,976 55 —
History 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Liberal Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,332 59 —
Psychology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $53,702 55 —
Substance Abuse Counseling — — — — $57,432 63 —
Biology Teacher Education — — — — $55,892 60 —
Elementary Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,678 55 —
School Counseling — — — — $55,058 58 —
Social Science Teacher Education — — — — $56,632 62 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $17,736
ROI Percentile 86th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 71%
4-Year Graduation Rate 9%
6-Year Graduation Rate 49%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Graduated: 24.1% 24.1% 2013 Graduated: 28.0% 28.0% 2014 Graduated: 28.7% 28.7% 2015 Graduated: 36.1% 36.1% 2016 Graduated: 27.8% 27.8% 2017 Graduated: 52.1% 52.1% 2018 Graduated: 49.2% 49.2% 2019 Graduated: 39.7% 39.7% 2020 Graduated: 37.5% 37.5% 2021 Graduated: 29.8% 29.8% 2022 Graduated: 36.5% 36.5% 2023 Graduated: 35.8% 35.8% 2024 Graduated: 48.6% 48.6%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Men: 22.2% 22.2% 2013 Men: 28.6% 28.6% 2014 Men: 10.0% 10.0% 2015 Men: 31.2% 31.2% 2016 Men: 20.0% 20.0% 2017 Men: 22.2% 22.2% 2018 Men: 21.4% 21.4% 2019 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2020 Men: 16.7% 16.7% 2021 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2022 Men: 23.5% 23.5% 2023 Men: 70.0% 70.0% 2024 Men: 66.7% 66.7% 2012 Women: 24.7% 24.7% 2013 Women: 27.9% 27.9% 2014 Women: 33.3% 33.3% 2015 Women: 37.5% 37.5% 2016 Women: 29.0% 29.0% 2017 Women: 59.0% 59.0% 2018 Women: 57.1% 57.1% 2019 Women: 40.8% 40.8% 2020 Women: 39.7% 39.7% 2021 Women: 27.1% 27.1% 2022 Women: 40.4% 40.4% 2023 Women: 29.8% 29.8% 2024 Women: 44.8% 44.8%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2012 Asian: 20.0% 20.0% 2013 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2014 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2023 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2024 Asian: 75.0% 75.0% 2012 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2013 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2014 Black: 12.5% 12.5% 2015 Black: 23.1% 23.1% 2016 Black: 66.7% 66.7% 2017 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Black: 40.0% 40.0% 2019 Black: 13.3% 13.3% 2020 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2022 Black: 15.8% 15.8% 2023 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2024 Black: 27.8% 27.8% 2012 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2013 Hispanic: 28.6% 28.6% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 16.7% 16.7% 2018 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 30.0% 30.0% 2021 Hispanic: 7.7% 7.7% 2022 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Hispanic: 41.7% 41.7% 2024 Hispanic: 36.4% 36.4% 2012 White: 32.1% 32.1% 2013 White: 23.3% 23.3% 2014 White: 35.6% 35.6% 2015 White: 45.0% 45.0% 2016 White: 40.0% 40.0% 2017 White: 63.9% 63.9% 2018 White: 56.5% 56.5% 2019 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 White: 56.7% 56.7% 2021 White: 51.4% 51.4% 2022 White: 59.0% 59.0% 2023 White: 40.5% 40.5% 2024 White: 63.6% 63.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Health Sciences 64.2% 52 10% / 90% 0% $80,171 90 100%
Business & Economics 19.8% 16 38% / 63% 0% $67,118 79 —
Humanities & Social Sciences 13.6% 11 18% / 82% 0% $54,083 56 —
Education 2.5% 2 0% / 100% 0% $53,678 55 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 28 #154 — —
Education — — — — 11 #315 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 39 #286 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 75%
Yield (Unbound) 21%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 75% 75% 75%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 62.9% 62.9% 2012 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Acceptance: 48.5% 48.5% 2014 Acceptance: 56.2% 56.2% 2015 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Acceptance: 39.6% 39.6% 2017 Acceptance: 46.1% 46.1% 2018 Acceptance: 35.3% 35.3% 2019 Acceptance: 32.4% 32.4% 2020 Acceptance: 52.7% 52.7% 2021 Acceptance: 75.0% 75.0% 2022 Acceptance: 87.4% 87.4% 2023 Acceptance: 99.0% 99.0% 2024 Acceptance: 73.7% 73.7% 2011 Yield: 59.0% 59.0% 2012 Yield: 57.4% 57.4% 2013 Yield: 74.7% 74.7% 2014 Yield: 63.0% 63.0% 2015 Yield: 86.7% 86.7% 2016 Yield: 53.3% 53.3% 2017 Yield: 10.0% 10.0% 2018 Yield: 16.5% 16.5% 2019 Yield: 12.7% 12.7% 2020 Yield: 8.8% 8.8% 2021 Yield: 6.2% 6.2% 2022 Yield: 4.5% 4.5% 2023 Yield: 8.2% 8.2% 2024 Yield: 6.0% 6.0%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 159 159 2012 Applicants: 108 108 2013 Applicants: 163 163 2014 Applicants: 178 178 2015 Applicants: 90 90 2016 Applicants: 460 460 2017 Applicants: 1,764 1,764 2018 Applicants: 2,060 2,060 2019 Applicants: 1,581 1,581 2020 Applicants: 1,335 1,335 2021 Applicants: 1,320 1,320 2022 Applicants: 917 917 2023 Applicants: 404 404 2024 Applicants: 1,116 1,116 2011 Admitted: 100 100 2012 Admitted: 108 108 2013 Admitted: 79 79 2014 Admitted: 100 100 2015 Admitted: 90 90 2016 Admitted: 182 182 2017 Admitted: 814 814 2018 Admitted: 728 728 2019 Admitted: 513 513 2020 Admitted: 704 704 2021 Admitted: 990 990 2022 Admitted: 801 801 2023 Admitted: 400 400 2024 Admitted: 822 822 2011 Enrolled: 59 59 2012 Enrolled: 62 62 2013 Enrolled: 59 59 2014 Enrolled: 63 63 2015 Enrolled: 78 78 2016 Enrolled: 97 97 2017 Enrolled: 81 81 2018 Enrolled: 120 120 2019 Enrolled: 65 65 2020 Enrolled: 62 62 2021 Enrolled: 61 61 2022 Enrolled: 36 36 2023 Enrolled: 33 33 2024 Enrolled: 49 49

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Submitted: 92.0% 92.0% 2017 Submitted: 91.0% 91.0% 2021 Submitted: 77.0% 77.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.