University of Louisiana at Lafayette

University of Louisiana at Lafayette is located in in the center of Lafayette, a town of over 100,000 residents. Lafayette is considered to be in the heart of Cajun Country, south central Louisiana, and is known for its "work hard, play hard" lifestyle.

UL Lafayette (formerly USL) started out its foundation as a high school and has developed into a Doctoral II research institution and college. ULL has earned many international and national recognition for its achievements in computer science and biology, as well as many other departments. In the year 2000 UL Lafayette will celebrate its 100th birthday and looks more promising every year.

• UL Lafayette is home to more than 17,000 students:
  • 15,000 undergraduate, and 2,000 graduate students.
  • Students come from all 50 states and over 70 foreign countries.
  • 1999's freshmen class was over 3,000 students, the most in UL Lafayette's history.

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  UL Lafayette's campus spans hundreds of acres
           137 for the actual campus
           243 for athletic complex and Cajundome
           148 for University Research Park
           100 for Equine Center                   
           628 total acres of campus.
  ULL also has 778 off-site acres located in Cade and New Iberia, Louisiana.
  

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