📍5414 Brittany Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808

📞(225) 526-1700

🌐 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Website

No. of Students: 1,300

No. of Majors/Areas of Study: 30

Mandatum: Yes

Daily or Weekly Eucharistic Adoration: Yes

Places Where Students Can Study Abroad: Portugal

Annual Cost of Tuition: $15,690.56

Typical % of students who receive scholarships and/or typical amount of financial aid: 21%

Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 30:1

Why FranU

Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a Catholic, not-for-profit institution with a health care emphasis. The university offers degrees in nursing, health sciences, humanities, behavioral sciences and natural sciences. It is a student-centered academic community committed to the pursuit of the common good and devoted to excellence in teaching and learning.

The Institution:

• President's Oath
• Catholic Board *
• Catholic Faculty *
• Mandatum Required
• Theologians' Oath (N/A)

Campus Culture:

• Mass and Confession *
• Speakers Vetted
• Unobjectionable Clubs
• No Coed Dorms (N/A) 
• Health Services Okay

School’s Comments:

Institution: As a premier Catholic institution in the Southeast, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University (FranU) provides dedicated students with a rigorous and formative education that prepares them to be highly skilled professionals, integrated thinkers and faith-filled citizens. The university was founded in 1923 by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady (FMOL) and is faithful to its mission grounded in Franciscan values. Accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to offer doctorate, master’s, bachelor’s and associate degrees, the university has an enrollment of approximately 1,350 (as of 2020) students and offers degrees in nursing, health sciences, humanities, and behavioral and natural sciences. 

Faculty and Board: Board and faculty members are Catholic and non-Catholic.

Confession and Dorms: FranU does not offer confession or dorms.