College · Private nonprofit · Baton Rouge, LA · City
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, LA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate99%
6-yr median pay$56k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size821
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $56k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 99% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 21.
If you get in
821 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $28k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$114k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$74k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$40k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.3x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $18.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans49%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr45%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$56k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$59k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out32%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 821
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Associate's Colleges: High Transfer · Mixed
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · higher part-time
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- FranU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White64%
- Black22%
- Hispanic7%
- Unknown3%
- Asian3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time40%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$37k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 14
What you can study.