Tulane University World Ranking - US News

Tulane University was founded in 1834 in New Orleans, Los Angeles and is a private research university. It is one of the best colleges in Louisiana and is divided in the uptown campus and the downtown campus. The school was founded as a public medical college in 1834, and became a comprehensive university in 1847.

Tulane University follows a semester based academic calendar. The university comprises of various schools: School of Architecture, School of Business, School of Liberal Arts, School of Science and Engineering, School of Professional Advancement, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, School of Social Work and School of Law. The most popular majors at the university are Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Social Sciences, Health Professions and Related Programs and Psychology.