University of Louisiana, Monroe

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is the second largest university in the state, with about 19,000 students, and the largest in the nine-member University of Louisiana System. As a public, selective admissions institution, UL Lafayette awards bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. The University is dedicated to achieving excellence in education, research and public service. Academic programs are administered by eight colleges - Arts, Education, Engineering, General Studies, Liberal Arts, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, the Moody College of Business, and the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences - and the Graduate School. UL Lafayette is a national leader in computer science, environmental biology and nursing. Student-athletes - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns - compete in NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate competition. UL Lafayette is located in a region known for extraordinary food, music, hospitality and joie de vivre that are hallmarks of its distinctive Cajun and Creole cultures.