University Overview

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, located in Louisiana’s capital city of Baton Rouge, is a four-year independent, private, Catholic institution. The University is a wholly owned subsidiary of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and is sponsored by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, North American Province.

Devoted to excellence in teaching and learning, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a student-centered academic community guided by its institutional
mission. Student to full-time instructional faculty ratio is eighteen-to-one.

Accredited to offer doctorate, master's, bachelor’s and associate degrees, the University’s nineteen academic degree programs are organized within three schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Health Professions and the School of Nursing.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has an extensive and growing tradition of service to the community.