Private nonprofit · Community college

Herzing University-New Orleans

Metairie, Louisiana · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate
$21,269
Avg net price
15%
Grad / completion
$36,909
Median earnings

Herzing University-New Orleans is a private nonprofit associate-granting institution in Metairie, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 346 undergraduates.

Private nonprofitSmall · 346 undergradsMidsize cityAccessible · 92% admitNear the coast

About Metairie, Louisiana

Metairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. Métairie (French:) is the French term for a small tenant farm which paid the landlord with a share of the produce, a practice also known as sharecropping (in French, métayage). Jefferson Parish Library operates public libraries. The East Bank Regional Library, which houses the library system's headquarters, is in Metairie. Other public libraries in Metairie include the Lakeshore Library, the Old Metairie Library, and the Wagner Library. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Midsize city
Highest degree offered
Graduate
To the ocean
< 1 mile
Nearest airport
7 miles to Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY) · major hub

How Herzing University-New Orleans compares

Selectivity92.0%

More selective than 33% · #5 most selective of 7 in Louisiana

Graduation rate15%

Higher than 2% · #70 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention50%

Higher than 11%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$36,909

Higher than 56% · #7 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$21,269

Cheaper than 28% · #48 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$21,500

Lower than 4%

Student–faculty ratio14 : 1

Lower than 62%

Undergraduate enrollment346

Larger than 56%

Percentiles compare Herzing University-New Orleans with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduate vs. graduate

351students
  • Undergraduate34699%
  • Graduate51%

Undergraduates by gender

346undergrads
  • Women28181%
  • Men6519%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White17%
  • Black71%
  • Hispanic3.5%
  • Asian0.9%
  • Other or multiracial6.9%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
346
Graduate enrollment
5
Student–faculty ratio
14 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
77%
First-generation students
52%
Students over 25
76%
Median family income
$18,321
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$65,160

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

Cost

In-state tuition
$13,450
Room & board
Total cost of attendance
$28,414
Average net price
$21,269

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

Admissions

Admission rate
92.0%
Test scores
Not considered
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
15%
Graduated on time (4 years)
0%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$35,295
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$36,909
Median debt at graduation
$21,500
Students with federal loans
83%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
25%

About 15% 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
0%
Low-income (Pell)
31%
First-generation
33%

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
Free

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
0.0 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
0
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 1 campus (351 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.

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
$20,759
$30–48k
$22,206
$48–75k
$75–110k
$22,797
$110k+

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
$114,175

$20,759/year × about 5.5 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.

54%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$1,321
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 54% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $1,321. 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 24 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)
$36,909
Typical debt at graduation
$21,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
58%
Out-earn a HS grad
50%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.8 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
$35,601
Men
$43,307

Men out-earn women by $7,706 (22%) 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
46°F
Annual rain
63.4″

Average temperature

HighLow
40°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.03.87.6JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, New Orleans Intl AP, LA US station (6 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.