Why is Tulane considered such a good school?

Question

Seriously, I would really like to know why.

Answer 1

It's known as one of the southern ivies. Originally founded as a private medical college, that grew into a full university offering everything. It's well known as a great research institution.

If you want to do bio or some medical field, it's perfectly fine. Otherwise, you have to realize that it was having financial problems even before Katrina hit. They've had to cut back. Academically, they really hit the engineering side, but since you're not interested in that area, it may not matter to you. However, you do have to wonder what other services may be affected by future budget cuts.

Answer 2

They are ranked #51 Nationally.It has been a tough decade for them, though, due to Hurricane Katrina. The Hurricane hit a month prior to the start of classes in 2006, and both the campus and greater New Orleans suffered greatly. Current students and faculty were moved to Universities all over the country to finish their programs. Some of the faculty members never returned. It was more than two years before the majority of courses were again being offered at Tulane. For this reason, Tulane dropped off of a lot of people’s “wish list” and also was not seen in annual university ranking publications for a few years. Prior to Katrina, it had been one of the top Universities of the South, and it is now slowly rebuilding a prestigious faculty and hopefully, within the next few years, will be back to it’s glory days.