Located in New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana was established in 1915 when Saint Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament founded the coeducational secondary school from which it evolved.

A premier university for educating African-American students in the sciences, Xavier is consistently a national leader in placing African American students into medical school as well as first in awarding African-Americans baccalaureate degrees in the physical sciences and biological sciences. Xavier’s College of Pharmacy is one of just two pharmacy schools in Louisiana. Xavier is Catholic and historically black. However, its doors have always been open to qualified students of every race and creed.

Xavier consistently ranks among the top three colleges in the nation in graduating African Americans with Pharm.D. degrees. In 2015, the New York Times Magazine praised the university for being the top producer of African-American medical doctors.