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Since 1869, Dillard University has been committed to providing students with a quality four-year liberal arts education. Dillard is a fully accredited private, historically black university. In 2007, U.S. News & World Reports ranked Dillard among the nation’s Top 10 HCBUs, based on comprehensive undergraduate studies. Dillard also was ranked 17th in the U.S. News “America’s Best Colleges 2007” list of Comprehensive Colleges – Bachelor’s (South). The cornerstone of New Orleans’ Gentilly Community, the university is set on a beautiful and serene 55-acre campus, replete with signature live oak trees and a mixture of historic buildings and modern facilities. Our current student body hails from 27 states and six foreign countries. Forty-one percent of Dillard students pursue an advanced degree within five years of graduation. In the last three years, graduates of Dillard’s Japanese Studies Program have been admitted to the graduate schools at Yale and Columbia universities for advanced study of international affairs. Dillard University is also the only university in the United States that is a partner in the Melton Foundation. Dillard students who become Melton Fellows participate in inter-cultural training, leadership development, and global education through symposia, travel, online activities, project grants, and social service. Our host countries are China, Chile, Germany, India and the United States. Following are some Dillard highlights: - Dillard’s highly acclaimed nursing program is the first of its kind in Louisiana. In 2007, graduates earned a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses.
- In April 2008, the Division of Nursing was chartered as a member of the Xi Psi at-large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, the premier Honor Society of Nursing.
- Graduates of the Division of Educational and Psychological Studies in 2007 earned a 100 percent pass rate on the PRAXIS Exam. Dillard’s special education and elementary programs are nationally recognized by their specialty professional associations.
- Dillard offers 34 academic majors in six academic divisions
- Our current student body hails from 27 states and six foreign countries.
- Dillard’s student-faculty ratio is 10 to one.
- Dillard University boasts one of the few Student Success divisions in the nation, a model that focuses on recruitment, retention and support of undergraduates.
Graduates of Dillard represent a wide range of highly successful global leaders in fields ranging from medicine and law to higher education and international business and arts and entertainment. Here are just a few of our notable alumni: Karen Drake, M.D., ’79
Perinatologist
Iowa Methodist Medical Center Lisa Frazier-Page, ’84
Staff writer
The Washington Post
Co-Author
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream Glenda Goodly-McNeal, ’82
Senior Vice President
Global Partnerships, American Express Corporation Michael Jones, Esq., ’82
Attorney/Partner
Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Warren Jones, M.D., ’71
Distinguished Professor of Health Policy/Executive Director
Mississippi Institute for Geographic Minority Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center Ellis M. Marsalis, Jr., ’55
Jazz pianist Frank Mason, ’71
Owner
Franglo, LTD (McDonald’s franchise owner) Garrett Morris, ’58
Actor/Comedian Revius Ortique, Jr., Esq., ’47
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice (Ret.) Brenda Marie Osbey, ’78
Poet Laureate for Louisiana Joyce Roche, Ph.D., ’70
CEO and President
Girls, Inc. John Ruffin, ’65
Director
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Ruth Simmons, Ph.D., ’67
President Brown University Dwayne Thomas, M.D., ’80
Interim CEO
Medical Center of New Orleans
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