We hope your academic school year is winding down nicely and your anxiety about the end of the year is transitioning nicely into anxiety about when schools will reopen in the fall. In the meantime, I wanted to give a quick update on the incoming Class of 2024 at Tulane, as well as share two poignant blogs that your students might find useful.
Our first blog, " You’ve Earned This," is aimed at your rising seniors as they start to emerge from their quarantines. Bottom line—colleges want them to be happy and not worry about making up for lost time.
Second is a feature on our undergraduate program in public health. Now would be a really, really good time for your students to consider a major in public health. Tulane’s undergraduate public health program is one of just a handful in the United States, and we’re really proud of the work our students do in that major. Share it with any students who are thinking, how can I help the world right now?
Lastly, a few facts about our incoming Class of 2024:
- Acceptance rate: We have gone from an acceptance rate of 30% a few years ago to 11% this year. While I am not one to celebrate a low rate of admission, it is indicative of how competitive Tulane has become over the last decade.
- Yield: Measured by the number of students that accept an admission offer, increasing yield has been another focus of ours. Our yield is at 39 %, the highest it has ever been.
- Diversity: This is Tulane’s most diverse and global cohort ever. 33% of our incoming class will be represented by students of color and international students. This marks a 65% growth in five years. Our goal is to recruit a class that represents our country and the world; while we aren’t there yet, having one-third of this year’s class represented by this group is a significant improvement.
- The top states represented in this year’s class are New York (#1), California (#2), Louisiana (#3), Illinois (#4), New Jersey (#5), and Texas (#6).
- Waitlist: For the first time in many years, Tulane admitted a small group of students from the waitlist in anticipation of summer melt. As of now, our waitlist remains open; however, our freshman enrollment is right where we currently need it to be at this point in time.
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Roll Wave,
Jeff Schiffman
Director of Admission
Tulane Undergraduate Admission
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