Private nonprofit · University

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Midsize city

98.7%
Admit rate
$18,552
Avg net price
45%
Graduation rate
$59,419
Median earnings

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 821 undergraduates. It has a Roman Catholic religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 821 undergradsMidsize cityAccessible · 99% admit

About Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. Baton Rouge has an extensive park collection presided over by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The largest park is City Park near the Louisiana State University flagship campus. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
43 miles
Nearest airport
9 miles to Baton Rouge Metropolitan (BTR)

How Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University compares

Selectivity98.7%

More selective than 6% · #21 most selective of 23 in Louisiana

Graduation rate45%

Higher than 31% · #14 of 25 in Louisiana

First-year retention64%

Higher than 18%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$59,419

Higher than 66% · #6 of 28 in Louisiana

Average net price$18,552

Cheaper than 57% · #17 cheapest of 26 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$27,672

Lower than 6%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 42%

Undergraduate enrollment821

Larger than 32%

Percentiles compare Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

1,151students
  • Undergraduate82171%
  • Graduate33029%

Undergraduates by gender

821undergrads
  • Women73389%
  • Men8811%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White64%
  • Black22%
  • Hispanic6.9%
  • Asian3.0%
  • Other or multiracial3.9%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
821
Graduate enrollment
330
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
31%
First-generation students
47%
Students over 25
34%
Median family income
$36,926
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$73,098
Endowment
$13,225,002

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Where students come from

Home state of the 66 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.

  • From Louisiana100%

Most first-years stay in state — Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University draws overwhelmingly from Louisiana.

Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.

Admissions

Admission rate
98.7%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Cost

In-state tuition
$18,310
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,200
Total cost of attendance
$28,490
Average net price
$18,552

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
45%
Graduated on time (4 years)
23%
First-year retention
64%
Transferred to another college
32%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$55,851
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$59,419
Median debt at graduation
$27,672
Students with federal loans
49%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
74%

About 22% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
23%
Low-income (Pell)
30%
First-generation
30%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
$35

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.3 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
1

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (1,191 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.3reported offenses a year
0 violent a year0.3 property a year

By offense type, per year

Burglary
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$17,014
$30–48k
$18,008
$48–75k
$16,370
$75–110k
$16,488
$110k+
$23,539

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$77,468

$16,370/year × about 4.7 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

49%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$6,980
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 49% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $6,980. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 71 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$59,419
Typical debt at graduation
$27,672
Debt vs. one year's pay
47%
Out-earn a HS grad
79%

Typical debt would take roughly 4.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$56,754
Men
$80,883

Men out-earn women by $24,129 (43%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
91°F
Winter low
40°F
Annual rain
60.5″
Annual snow
0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.36.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, LA US station (4.2 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.