OUR LADY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE J-11

4123 Woodland Dr.
New Orleans, LA 70131-7399
Tel: (504)394-7744
Free: 800-259-7744
Fax: (504)391-2421
Web Site: http://www.olhcc.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1916. Setting: 40-acre suburban campus with easy access to New Orleans. Endowment: $7 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3200 per student. Total enrollment: 1,446. Faculty: 123 (39 full-time, 84 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 320 applied, 97% were admitted. Full-time: 831 students, 78% women, 22% men. Part-time: 485 students, 79% women, 21% men. Students come from 4 states and territories, 3 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 16% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 35% 25 or older, 11% transferred in. Retention: 64% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; education; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters plus summer sessions. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Delgado Community College, St. Joseph Seminary College, Notre Dame Seminary, Ochsner Clinical Foundation, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Gulf Coast Research Laboratories. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Placement: SAT or ACT required; ACT recommended. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 7/20. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. Tuition: $5640 full-time, $235 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $500 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Most popular organizations: Innovators, student government, Association of Student Nurses, Delta Sigma Pi, Louisiana Association of Educators/Student Programs. Major annual events: Crawfish Boil, Christmas Dance, Fall Fest. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Blaine Kern Library with 83,631 books, 222,522 microform titles, 1,002 serials, 11,949 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $318,505. 68 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Tulane University.