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Study At UofL

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 18 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 61%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 87%
Full-Time Instructional Faculty
 
Total Faculty 867
% Women 40%
% from Minority Groups 19%
% with Highest Degree in Field 89%

Student Housing

59% of new freshmen live on campus

17% of all undergraduates live on campus

Campus Safety

The mission of the University Police is to maintain public peace and safety, to safeguard the assets of the institution and its faculty, staff, students and visitors and to assist in providing an environment conducive to teaching, research and public service mission of the University.

Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

Basic Type

Research Universities (high research activity)

Size and Setting

Large four-year, primarily nonresidential

Enrollment Profile

Majority undergraduate

Undergraduate Profile

Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in

Undergraduate Instructional Program

Balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence

Graduate Instructional Program

Comprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2005 edition.