Discover Arts and Sciences

• One-third of National Weather Service forecasters in Louisiana are graduates of ULM's atmospheric science program
  
  
• ULM graduates enter medical schools at a 70% acceptance rate - significantly above the national average
  
  
• The Museum of Natural History houses the world's third largest university-based fish collection

Discover Health Sciences

• Health Studies has a 100% placement rate for applicants to occupational therapy graduate school
  
  
• Nursing's licensure pass rate ranks highest of all Louisiana four-year nursing programs. Speech language pathology, medical lab sciences, and dental hygiene grads maintain 100% pass rates
  
  
• Mobile Dental Hygiene Unit provides free services to underserved children throughout the region

Discover Pharmacy

• 100% of pharmacy students secure jobs before graduation; annual salaries average $115,000
  
  
• Pharmacy operates the prior authorization program for Medicaid, saving the state $40-$60 million each year
  
  
• Toxicology awards the only bachelor of science degree in the southeastern United States

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Business Administration

• ULM's construction management program is first to earn American Council for Construction Education accreditation in the United States
  
  
• Business students land internships with multinational firms, such as Walt Disney, Southwest Airlines and Fiserv in Hong Kong, London, Boston, Chicago and Manhattan
  
  
• Undergraduate accounting students outscore all other Louisiana public college students, earning the highest passage rate on the CPA exam

Discover Education and Human Development

• Alternative certification teacher preparation programs are highlighted on Louisiana Public Broadcasting and the nationally syndicated public radio program, "Marketplace"
  
  
• TEACH Delta Region, an alternative certification program, is funded by a 5-year U.S. Office of Innovation and Improvement grant totaling $5,315,894, a collaboration between ULM and Jackson State University
  
  
• 77% of teachers in northeast Louisiana are ULM graduates

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