Dillard University
New Orleans, Louisiana
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 1,063 undergrads
- HBCU
- Admit rate
- 42%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $26,363per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 47%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,72810 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Dillard freezes tuition for each incoming student cohort's second year, ensuring four-year graduates face only one tuition increase.
Source: Tuitions & Fees | Cost of Attendance | Dillard University, HBCU
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 42%About 4 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 968–1202Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 18–22Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $26,363full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $43,538sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $23,918Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 47%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 78%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $43,72810 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,063Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 72%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 35%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Baton Rouge, LA — admits 99%
- Louisiana Christian University Pineville, LA — admits 77%
- University of Holy Cross New Orleans, LA — admits 74%
- Mars Hill University Mars Hill, NC — admits 68%
Also worth a look
- Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA — admits 41%
- Oakwood University Huntsville, AL — admits 45%
- Ave Maria University Ave Maria, FL — admits 41%
- Brevard College Brevard, NC — admits 42%
- Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LA — admits 56%
- Friends University Wichita, KS — admits 55%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Dillard University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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