Dillard University
Dillard University admitted 42% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 968–1202 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $26,363 a year. Within six years, 51% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 42%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 968–1202
- ACT middle 50%
- 18–22
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $43,538 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $26,363 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $26,108 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $23,918 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 51%
- Students who return for a second year
- 78%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $43,728 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,063
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 73%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 14 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 20%
- Visual and performing arts
- 14%
- Business, management and marketing
- 14%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 11%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 10%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Millsaps College MS · 43% admitted
- University of Lynchburg VA · 43% admitted
- Brevard College NC · 42% admitted
- Bethany Lutheran College MN · 39% admitted
- Thomas University GA · 38% admitted
- Brigham Young University-Hawaii HI · 47% admitted
More colleges in Louisiana
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA · 73% admitted
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette LA · 87% admitted
- Southeastern Louisiana University LA · 99% admitted
- Louisiana Tech University LA · 86% admitted
- Tulane University of Louisiana LA · 14% admitted
- Louisiana State University at Alexandria LA · 92% admitted
- Northwestern State University of Louisiana LA · 93% admitted
- Southern University and A & M College LA · 35% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.