Tulane University Founded in 1834, Tulane is one of the most highly regarded and selective independent research universities in the United States. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, we take pride in being a part of this select group of 62 universities with “pre-eminent programs of graduate and professional education and scholarly research.” Our schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in the liberal arts, science and engineering, architecture, business, law, social work, medicine and public health and tropical medicine.

The only nationally ranked business school in the Gulf South, the Freeman School of Business offers programs including Bachelor of Science in Management, Master of Business Administration, Executive MBA, Professional MBA, Master of Accounting, Master of Finance, Master of Management, Master of Global Management and Doctor of Philosophy. The Freeman School also offers Executive MBA, Professional MBA and Master of Finance programs at its satellite campus in Houston, and Executive MBA and faculty development PhD programs with partner institutions in countries including Chile, China, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan and Venezuela.

In 2006, Thomson Scientific ranked the Freeman School in the top 1 percent of institutions according to citations in business and economics, with 230 faculty papers cited a total of 1,266 times.