Xavier University of Louisiana
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| Motto | Deo Adjuvante Non Timendum |
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"With God's help there is nothing to fear." |
| Type | Private, HBCU |
| Established | 1925 |
| Endowment | $161.7 million (2014) |
| Chairman | Michael Rue, Esq. |
| President | Dr. C. Reynold Verret |
| Provost | Dr. Anne McCall |
| Students | 3,002 |
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 29°57′55″N 90°06′25″W / 29.965219°N 90.106994°WCoordinates: 29°57′55″N 90°06′25″W / 29.965219°N 90.106994°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Gold and White |
| Athletics | NAIA Division I – GCAC |
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| Nickname | Gold Rush / Gold Nuggets |
| Affiliations | ACCU UNCF |
| Website | www |
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| Liberal arts colleges | |
| Washington Monthly | 28 |
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| U.S. News & World Report | 27 (South) |
Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), located in the Gert Town section of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college with the distinction of being the only historically black Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the United States.
Located in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana was established in 1915 when Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament founded the coeducational secondary school from which it evolved. Drexel, supported by the interest of a substantial inheritance from her father, banker-financier Francis Drexel, founded and staffed many institutions throughout the United States in an effort to help educate Native Americans and African Americans.
Aware of the serious lack of Catholic-oriented education available to young Blacks in the South, Katharine Drexel (now Saint Katharine Drexel) came to New Orleans and established a high school on the site previously occupied by Southern University. The high school was in operation until 2013 as Xavier University Preparatory School, also known as Xavier Prep. Today, Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School operates from the same location on Magazine Street in New Orleans. A Normal School offering teaching, one of the few career fields open to Blacks at the time, was added two years later. In 1925 Xavier University of Louisiana became a reality when the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was established. The first degrees were awarded three years later. The College of Pharmacy was opened two years later in 1927.
Recognizing the university's need for a separate identity and room to expand, St. Katharine bought a tract of undeveloped land for a campus on the corner of Palmetto and Pine Streets in 1929. Construction of the U-shaped, gothic administration building (now a city landmark) was completed in 1933.
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