Nearly 75% of SUNO’s faculty possesses terminal degrees in their disciplines.

The Museum Studies Program is the only one of its kind in the region, and it is the only such program housed at an HBCU.

SUNO has the largest, most significant authenticated African and African-American art collection in the entire Southern region.  Artifacts from this collection have been borrowed for study and display by major museums in Louisiana and other states.

For more than ten years the highly recognized School of Social Work has generated more than $500,000 per year in grant awards.

The College of Education is a recipient of the National Reading First Teacher Education Network Grant.  This grant is part of a National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education reading initiative serving pre-K to 3rd grade students in New Orleans’ public schools.

SUNO Athletics accomplished a national championship “three-peat” in the 1970’s.  As an NCAA Division III program, the SUNO Knights Outdoor Track & Field team won National Championships in 1975, 1976 and 1977.  The Lady Knights won the NAIA National Championship in both Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field in 1995 and 1997.

SUNO Athletics boasts over 150 NAIA All-American honors since 1976.

Sophie B. Wright Charter School has been managed by SUNO since June 2005.  Since then 8th Grade high-stakes state testing scores have improved in all categories.