Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 2,628 undergrads
- HBCU
- Admit rate
- 69%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $19,722per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 52%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,73710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Founded in New Orleans by Mother Katharine Drexel, Xavier University of Louisiana is the nation's only Catholic historically black university.
Source: Drexel, Mother Katharine – Cause for Sainthood Collection - XULA Special Collections
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 69%About 7 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%)
- 950–1113Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 19–24Composite, 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
- $19,722full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $42,425sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $30,298Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 52%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 72%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $59,73710 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,870federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,628Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 60%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 27%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA — admits 93%
- Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck, NJ — admits 91%
- University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY — admits 85%
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, TX — admits 96%
Also worth a look
- Lee University Cleveland, TN — admits 71%
- University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN — admits 67%
- Harding University Searcy, AR — admits 71%
- Grove City College Grove City, PA — admits 72%
- University of La Verne La Verne, CA — admits 71%
- St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY — admits 72%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Xavier University of Louisiana, 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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