Established 1916 Undergraduate tuition and fees 10,310 USD (2015) Total enrollment 1,225 (2011) | Students 1,250 Campus Suburban Acceptance rate 56.2% (2014) Phone +1 504-394-7744 | |
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Address 4123 Woodland Dr, New Orleans, LA 70131, USA Similar Southern University at New Or, Notre Dame Seminary, Dillard University, Our Lady of the Lake College, New Orleans Baptist Th | ||
The University of Holy Cross is a liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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History
UOHC was founded in 1916 as a two-year women's normal school by the Marianites of Holy Cross. Its original location was in the Bywater area of New Orleans. It became a 4-year institution in 1938. In 1947, a 40-acre (16 ha) parcel of land in Algiers was donated to the Marianites. The college completed a move across the river to this new site in 1960. Its area was later reduced by a sale. Men were first admitted in 1967.
In August 2011, the Marianites dismissed the college's president and all 19 of its trustees without warning. The move prompted an investigation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges, the college's regional accreditor. Following the investigation, SACS placed the college on probation for six months.
In January 2016, the institution, formerly Our Lady of Holy Cross College, was renamed the University of Holy Cross.
Campus
UOHC is on a 16-acre (65,000 m2) campus in a middle-class residential neighborhood of the Algiers area of New Orleans on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It is built primarily in the Southern Colonial style.
Academics
There are more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs.