DrBanneker
Space is the Place
Yesterday we looked at one of the two Missouri HBCU's, Harris-Stowe University, which gained an average score of 7.6.
Now we go down to Nawlins' where we have one of the most unique HBCUs in the country. The only Catholic HBCU, founded by St. Katherine Drexel, nun and daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia financier family (who Drexel University is named for). It originally started as a high school and became a four year college in the 1920s. A natural place for a Black Catholic university due to the area's French heritage, it has long had a strong connection to the church (Pope John Paul II spoke there in the 1980s) but has also recently become famous as a literal factory for future Black physicians. For decades it has send more Black people to medical school who graduated to become doctors and is now exploring its own medical school.
Basic data (all data 2021 unless otherwise noted)
Founded: 1925
City, State: New Orleans, LA
Type: 4-year, Private not-for-profit
Nickname: Gold Nuggets / Gold Rush
Enrollment and percent Black enrollment: 3,604 (2,755 undergraduate), 84% Black
Out of State Percentage: %
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 13:1
Admissions Acceptance Rate: 95%
4-yr/6-yr graduation rates: 38% / 48%
Transfer out rate: 36%
Male/Female percentages (Female:Male Ratio): 24% male / 76% female (3:1)
Tuition: $26.4k
Median Debt After Graduation: $24,000
Median Earning 10-Years after 10 years from freshman year: $53,554
Median Earnings for specific majors after 3 years after graduation:
Chemistry: $34,723, Business Administratio: $34,649, Communications: $32,599, Biology: $30,200
Top Majors by Degrees:
Biology, Public Health, Psychology, Chemistry
Endowment: $178M ($20M from MacKenzie Scott)
Alumni Engagement: 3-yr alumni campaign for $1M (Jan 1, 2025) is already at $800k
Athletic Conference: Red River Athletic Conference (NAIA)
Mascot: Gold Rush/Gold Nugget
Notable Alumni:
John & Todd Stroger (father and son) - presidents of Cook County, Illinois
Bernard Randolph - USAF Four Star General
Alexis Herman - Labor Secretary under Clinton
LaToya Cantrell - Current mayor of New Orleans
Ernest N. Morial - first Black mayor of New Orleans
Main Campus
Student Center
St. Katherine Drexel Chapel
XULA Convocation Center
XULA Golden Sound Marching Band
XULA Golden Star Dance Team
XULA Golden Girl Pom Squad
Miss Xavier
Rules:
1. Thecoli will be rating most of the 101 Historically Black Colleges and Universities during the first half of 2023.
2. You can rate the HBCU on several factors including academics, the administration, school experience, athletics, post-grad success, and the "talent"
3. You do not have to be an alum/alumna or have attended the HBCU to vote
3. You can rate each HBCU anywhere on a scale of 1-10.
4. The results of the poll will be displayed publicly.
6. This is not a scientific poll, don't take a high or low rating of a HBCU as the full measure of the "worth" of the school, whether someone should attend, etc.
7. The polls will be open for 96 hours
8. Rep and dap as many people as you like and don’t forget to 5 star this thread.
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.. there’s like 7 colleges in the city if you count the junior college too..
