Tulane University Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 83% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 63% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 66% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 7% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.8 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• engineering
• business
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 1.75
• Sophomore: 1.90
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, one of eight weeks and two of six weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August and in January.

• Law School: 18%
• Medical School: 18%
• Graduate Business Programs: 24%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 37%
• Other: 5%

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• Arthur Andersen, Bell-Northern Research, JET, KPMG Peat Marwick, Peace Corps, Shell Oil, Teach for America.

• Howard K. Smith, news commentator; Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; David Treen, former governor and U.S. representative; Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs, former U.S. representatives; Shirley Ann Grau, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; John Kennedy Toole, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; Robert Harling, playwright, "Steel Magnolias"; Dr. Michael DeBakey, surgeon; John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Appeals Court judge; Robert Livingston, chair, U.S. House Appropriations committee.