THIBODAUX \u2013 For the second consecutive year, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is ranked among U.S. News & World Report magazine\u2019s best regional universities in the southern United States. Among public universities, the magazine rated ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ 50th in the region and third in the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing ranked two years in a row by a national publication is an honor I\u2019m quite proud of,\u201d Dr. Stephen T. Hulbert, university president, said. \u201cIt is a testament to our increased efforts to recruit more high-achieving students, retain them at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ and better prepare them to succeed in their workplaces and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among all southern regional universities (public and private), ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ ranked 95th. U.S. News & World Report defines a regional university as one that mainly offers undergraduate and master\u2019s programs but few or no doctoral programs. Rankings are based on several variables such as freshmen retention, average graduation rates, class sizes, ACT scores, acceptance rates and alumni donation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THIBODAUX \u2013 For the second consecutive year, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ is ranked among U.S. News & World Report magazine\u2019s best regional universities in the southern United States. Among public universities, the magazine rated ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ 50th in the region and third in the state. \u201cBeing ranked two years in a row by a national publication is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nicholls"],"yoast_head":"\n