Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126
504-286-5000
Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) is a historically black public university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the Southern University System. SUNO was established in 1956 in response to the 1954 United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional. SUNO is the only public university in Louisiana that is dedicated to the education of African Americans. The university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
SUNO offers bachelor's degrees in business administration, criminal justice, education, English, liberal arts, mass communication, nursing, social work, and sociology. The university also offers master's degrees in business administration, education, liberal arts, public administration, and social work. SUNO is home to the Center for African and African Diaspora Studies, which is the only center of its kind in Louisiana. The center offers a minor in African and African Diaspora Studies.
SUNO is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and the United Negro College Fund. The university is also a member of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 2264
Acceptance Rate: 72.00%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.suno.edu/
Financial Aid: https://www.suno.edu/page/financial-aid
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $21629
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $30530
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at Southern University at New Orleans is $90129.99. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at Southern University at New Orleans. For graduates of Southern University at New Orleans, we saw an average early-career income of $44600.00 and mid-career income of $65300.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.