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SUNO(Southern University at New Orleans)

School colors: Columbia Blue & Sunset Gold

Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO)
2C2K Photography, 2022-02-20 01:15:24, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Orleans, Louisiana · Founded 1956

Public · Four-year · ~2,100 students

www.suno.edu · official site

Founding

Southern University at New Orleans was founded in 1956 to provide higher education for African American students in the Gulf Coast region. It opened its doors in 1959 with just over 160 students.

Source: About SUNO, Southern University at New Orleans, read 2026-09-14.

On the official record

Campus address
6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126
Control
Public
Students
~2,100 students
Directory id
160630
OPE id
00202600
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 30.026162, -90.044912 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 160630. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. About SUNO, Southern University at New Orleans. https://www.suno.edu/page/about-suno. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 2,059 total, Fall 2023 (1,773 undergraduate, 286 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. School colors: Columbia Blue & Sunset Gold. Values as stated. Southern University at New Orleans, Wikipedia (revision 1369281901). Read 2026-09-16.
  6. Photograph: 2C2K Photography, 2022-02-20 01:15:24, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_University_at_New_Orleans_(SUNO)_20_Feb_2022_-_01.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  7. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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