How financially healthy is Tulane?

Bigmacattack
Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:05:05 +0000

Tulane apparently runs a $20 million annual deficit, which has led President Fitts to hire outside consultants to identify ways to close that deficit, and he has not ruled out layoffs. Fitts is also looking to boost the endowment, which ranks as the 9th smallest out of 10 peer institutions, through a new fundraising campaign. In addition, Louisiana’s public universities look like they’re going take a big hit in terms of budget cuts from the state in the 2015 budget. I do not know if Tulane gets any support from Louisiana that might be directly or indirectly connected to the state’s budget cuts.

Just wondering if anyone has insight into Tulane’s financial health generally.