University of Louisiana--Lafayette is a public institution that was founded in 1898. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 15,143, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 1,400 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Louisiana--Lafayette's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the largest member of the University of Louisiana System, is a public institution of higher education offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Within the Carnegie classification, UL Lafayette is designated as a Research University with high research activity.