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Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University
Phone:
+1 504-865-5000

Address:
6823 St Charles Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA

Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Louisiana with an acceptance rate of 17 percent for the class of 2022. From a nationwide perspective, U.S. News & World Report categorizes Tulane as most selective, which is the highest degree of selectivity the magazine offers. The school is known to attract a geographically diverse student body, with 85 percent of undergraduate students coming from over 300 miles away.The school was founded as a public medical college in 1834, and became a comprehensive university in 1847. The institution was made private under the endowments of Paul Tulane and Josephine Louise Newcomb in 1884. Tulane is the 9th oldest private university in the Association of American Universities, which consists of major research universities in the United States and Canada. The Tulane University Law School and Tulane University Medical School are considered the 12th oldest and 15th oldest law and medical schools, respectively, in the United States.Alumni include prominent entrepreneurs, founders, and inventors in technology, medical devices, entertainment, retail, mass media, fashion, and public policy; the President of Costa Rica; U.S. State governors; Federal judges ; U.S. Senators; U.S. Members of Congress ; heads of Federal agencies; two Surgeons General of the United States; U.S. diplomats; at least 23 undergraduate Marshall scholars ; at least 18 Rhodes scholars; at least 12 Truman scholars; 155 Fulbright scholars; prominent screenwriters; Emmy-award winners; Pulitzer-prize-winning authors; chief executive officers; major law firm partners; university presidents; living billionaires including Ricardo Salinas Pliego and David Filo; and Jerry Springer. At least two Nobel laureates have been affiliated with the university.
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