Font Size

Dillard at a Glance

WHO WE ARE

Four-year private liberal arts HBCU and member of the United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ

Louisiana's first HBCU, born from the union of Straight College and New Orleans University

1,224 students

22 majors and 2 certificate programs

Average class size | 18

Student-to-faculty ratio | 14:1

33 states and 12 countries represented in the student body

ACCREDITED BY

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

DILLARD DISTINCTIONS

#1 Best Small Business Management Degree Program in Louisiana

Intelligent.com

#3 Producer of Physics Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to African Americans

American Institute of Physics

#5 New York Times Overall Mobility Index

#9 Best Biology Bachelor's Program

Study.com

#13 Best Film Bachelor's Program

Study.com

#14 Best Colleges and Universities by Academic Stewardship

Academic Influence

#14 Best Colleges in Louisiana for Best Undergraduate Faculty

Intelligent.com

#14 Historically Black Colleges and Universities

U.S. News & World Report

#24 Best Communications Degrees

Learn.org

Most Beautiful College Campus

#8 Intelligent.com and #45 Cosmopolitan

PIONEERING ALUMNI

First African American to serve as a governor of a U.S. state and helped established Southern University

P.B.S. PINCHBACK 1885 (Straight University)

One of the first African Americans in the U.S. to earn a Ph.D.

JOHN W.E. BOWEN SR. 1878 (New Orleans University)

First HBCU graduate to receive a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (2020)

JERICHO BROWN '98

First African American commissioner and chair of the Federal Elections Committee (2021)

SHANA BROUSSARD '91

First African American principal of top 200 CPA and consulting firm, Windham Brannon (2021)

BRANDI SAMUEL '08

Youngest board member in the NAACP history (2021)

TRAELON RODGERS '21

First African American Louisiana Supreme Court justice

HON. REVIUS O. ORTIQUE JR. '47

First African American chief judge of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

HON. CARL STEWART '71

First African American Ivy League president

DR. RUTH SIMMONS '67

First African American to serve as an assistant federal public defender for the eastern division of the Western District of Tennessee

CHRISTINA WEMBLEY '03

First woman to officiate an NCAA Division I tournament game

MELANIE DAVIS '80

First African American director of the New Orleans Recreation Department

JOHN GLAPION '64

DISTINCTLY DU

FIRST COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN LOUISIANA

to offer an accredited baccalaureate degree in nursing

FIRST HBCU

to offer a bachelor's degree in theater

ONLY UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA

with a program in African American material culture

ONLY AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING

with a membership in the Melton Foundation

ONLY HBCU AND LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY

with a full-time pre-law center

ONLY LOUISIANA COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY

with an urban water management certificate program

ONE OF EIGHT HBCUs

with a mock trial team

BLEU DEVIL PRIDE

Nickname

BLEU DEVILS

Colors

ROYAL BLUE AND WHITE

Mascot

VICTOR E. BLEU

Sports League

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS (NAIA)

Sports Conference

GULF COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (GCAC)

Sports

BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, TENNIS, TRACK & FIELD, WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL, COMPETITIVE CHEER, COMPETITIVE DANCE