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| Campus, Academics, Faculty,
Students, Tuition, UL Lafayette's
Impact, Athletics, Noteworthy, University
of Louisiana System, The First Century of Service |
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Campus
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette owns a total of about 1,400 acres. Its main campus consists of 137 acres; the athletic complex
and Cajundome
sit on 243 acres; University Research Park has 148 acres; the Center
for Ecology and Environmental Technology has 51 acres; and the Equine Center is comprised of 100 acres.
- UL Lafayette has a 600-acre farm/renewable
resources laboratory with a 30-acre pond for crawfish and catfish
culture in Cade, La.
- It also owns the 100-acre New
Iberia Research Center in New Iberia, La., which is one of the largest
private non-human, primate breeding colonies in the world.
- UL Lafayette maintains more than 261 campus buildings that have a total of about 4.2 million square feet.
- University Research Park tenants include:
- The Cajundome
is a 12,800-seat multipurpose arena. There is an adjacent $13 million convention
center.
- Edith
Garland Dupré Library is one of the most technologically advanced
university libraries in Louisiana.
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| Academics
- 100 percent of all undergraduate programs at UL Lafayette that are
eligible for accreditation by professional agencies are accredited.
- UL Lafayette is a member of the Southeastern Universities Research
Association, which is composed of members from more than a dozen southeastern
states and the District of Columbia. Other members include Duke, Vanderbilt
and Auburn universities.
- The Carnegie Foundation has designated UL Lafayette as a “Research University with High Research Activity.” That puts UL Lafayette in the same category as Clemson, Auburn and Baylor universities. The only other Louisiana institution in the same category is the University of New Orleans.
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is accredited by the Commission
on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
- UL Lafayette offers 80 undergraduate degree programs.
- There are 29 master's degree programs and one post master's certificate program.
- Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered in applied language and
speech sciences, biology, cognitive science, English, Francophone studies,
mathematics, computer science and computer engineering. A joint doctor of education degree is offered in educational leadership by UL Lafayette and Southeastern Louisiana University.
- About 1,200 students are graduated each fall and spring.
- UL Lafayette is a selective admissions university.
- UL Lafayette has 10 colleges and schools.
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Faculty & Staff
- There are 571 full-time and 157 part-time faculty members.
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Students
- Total Fall 2007 enrollment* is 16,345 including 1,414 graduate students.
- UL Lafayette has students from 48 states and possessions and from
95 foreign countries.
- There are 651 international students.
- 58% of the Fall 2006 student body are female and 42% are male.
*The number of students attending in the fall semester is a university's official enrollment.
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Tuition and Fees* Fall 2007 Semester *
Subject to change
- Undergraduate, Full Time (12 credit hours)
- Resident (In State) $1,700.85
- Non-Resident (Out of State)
- U.S. Citizen $4,790.85
- International $4,858.85
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UL Lafayette's Impact
- UL Lafayette employs about 1,575 local citizens and through spending,
sustains more than 12,800 jobs in the Lafayette area.
- If it were a private business, the university would rank 5th in the
Top 100 private businesses in Acadiana.
- UL Lafayette's total economic impact is $650 million to $700 million
in Acadiana each year.
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette pays more than $65 million
in salaries and wages each year.
- Students are responsible for $129 million in direct spending annually.
- The university injects about $149 million of direct, unrestricted
spending into the Lafayette economy per year.
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Noteworthy
- UL Lafayette's Mathematics Department is one of the Top 100 university math departments in the nation, according to the National Science Foundation. The university's Computer Science Department is among the top 60 university computer science departments. Those rankings are based on the amount of external research funding received in 2004.
- The Ragin' Cajun softball team made its fifth trip to the Women's College World Season in May. In its opening game, it defeated the No. 1 team in the nation, the Florida Gators. Subsequent losses to No. 5 seed Texas A&M and No. 3 seed Alabama wrapped up the Cajuns' season.
- A new institute is using supercomputers and visualization technologies to try to improve disaster management by public and private sectors. The National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies Institute was established in October 2007. NIMSAT's Business Emergency Operations Center will be housed in Abdalla Hall in University Research Park.
- UL Lafayette is the only university in Louisiana that has a simulated neonatal, pediatric and labor delivery unit. Its Maternal/Child Life Skills laboratory recently opened in Wharton Hall. There, senior nursing students in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions use sophisticated computerized simulators that can mimic real-world hospital situations.
- The Ernest J. Gaines Center in Dupré Library will house the only complete collection of Gaines' scholarship in the world. It will be built in a now-unfurnished section of the library's third floor. Gaines, author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and "A Lesson Before Dying," is writer-in-residence emeritus. He was presented with an honorary doctorate from UL Lafayette in May.
- The university's College of Sciences was named the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences in May in honor of Dr. Ray Authement, UL Lafayette's fifth president.
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one of the most affordable universities in the nation, thanks to comprehensive scholarship and financial aid programs, including out-of-state fee waivers to qualified students.
- The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is one among 20 teams from colleges and universities chosen worldwide to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon next year. The teams will each design, build and operate a small energy-efficient house that's powered entirely by the sun. UL Lafayette's Beausoleil Team represents collaboration among the School of Architecture and Design, College of Engineering and the College of Business.
- In March, when the university activated First Call, an interactive communications network that uses voice, e-mail and text to alert registered users to emergencies on campus. First Call represents another tier in UL Lafayette's emergency notification plan.
- UL Lafayette opened its first parking garage on campus this spring. The facility, at the intersection of Taft Street and St. Mary Boulevard, can accommodate 440 vehicles.
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University of Louisiana System
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is part of the University
of Louisiana System. Other members are:
- Grambling State University, Grambling, La.
- Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La.
- McNeese State University, Lake Charles, La.
- Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, La.
- Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, La.
- Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La.
- University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, La.
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The First Century of Service
- In 1898, Louisiana lawmakers approved the creation of an "Industrial
Institute and academy" in the 13th Senatorial District.
- In 1900, Dr. Edwin L. Stephens was named the first president of Southwestern
Louisiana Industrial Institute, which was to be located on the outskirts
of Lafayette on 25 acres of donated land. SLII opened its doors on Sept.
18, 1901, with 100 students and eight faculty members.
- In 1903, 18 students were the first to graduate from SLII.
- In 1921, SLII became Southwestern Louisiana Institute when it was
designated as one of the state's institutions of higher learning. The
year before, it had begun offering a four-year course that culminated
with a bachelor of arts degree.
- In 1960, SLI became the University of Southwestern Louisiana when
it achieved university status.
- In 1999, USL was renamed the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
The new name better reflects its status as the state's second largest
university and an institution with statewide and national - rather than
regional - influence. USL also implemented selective admissions in 1999.
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