UNO

The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association.





University of New Orleans is a public institution that was founded in 1956. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 7,689, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 195 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of New Orleans's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2. Its in-state tuition and fees are $6,668 (2013-14); out-of-state tuition and fees are $19,158 (2013-14).

The university has four campuses in the New Orleans metropolitan area.

- Lakefront Campus, the main campus, located at the Lake Pontchartrain end of Elysian Fields Avenue on the former site of NAS New Orleans
- Research and Technology Park, adjacent to the main campus on the former site of the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park
- East Campus, at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Leon C. Simon Boulevard; includes the Nat G. Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena and Maestri Field at Privateer Park, UNO's basketball and baseball facilities former site of Camp Leroy Johnson
- Jefferson Center, located in neighboring Jefferson Parish in Metairie.