Xavier university

Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is a Catholic and historically Black university founded in 1915 by Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The university founding mission is to serve the underrepresented Black population and promote a more just and humane society. Yet, XULA doors have and still are, open to all races and creeds. XULA is the only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States, offering 40undergraduate majors, five master’s degree programs, and a Doctor of Pharmacy program. XULA’s diverse learning and teaching environment incorporates all relevant educational means, including research and community service, which prepare their students for leadership and service roles in a global society. Throughout the core, students are constantly challenged to think critically and innovatively about their world, regions, communities, and themselves. Students begin with early foundational courses that include communication, rhetoric, quantitative skill, and critical reasoning. They then progress to exploration courses that investigate the natural world, build connections with our human past, study human behavior, inquire about life’s deep questions, discover their own creativity, dig deep into issues of faith and society, and learn more about the richness of African American heritage.