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Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Private nonprofit 4-year Midsize city

Overview

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The campus sits in a midsize city. It enrolled 1,191 students in fall 2024, including 861 undergraduates and 330 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Roman Catholic.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 22 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist, and Physical Therapy/Therapist. It awarded 305 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

64% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

1,191
Students enrolled
64%
First-year retention
305
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
22
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 22

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 13
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Psychology 2
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
64%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
141
Associate degrees
28
Master's degrees
61
Professional doctorates
70
Certificates under 1 year
4
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,191
Undergraduates, fall 2024
861
Graduate students, fall 2024
330
Full-time, fall 2024
63%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,439
Undergraduates, 2024-25
999
Graduate students, 2024-25
440
Full-time, 2024-25
58%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
80%
Men
20%
White
65%
Hispanic or Latino
6%
Black or African American
19%
Asian
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
11%
Students taking some online courses
56%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools
President
David M. Bellar, PhD
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training

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