The Tulane campus is beautiful with a new business building and a new upcoming dining center. However, since this is an open campus. How is the crime on the campus and around the campus, how much of a campus police presence is there? How does Tulane support students that suffer from depression or the Freshmen blues?
The security “team” on campus is very visible. They combine private security and traditional campus police. We spoke to several students and we hazer concerns about safety on campus. The area around the school is very much a bubble with beautiful housing and a very safe feel. The Tulane bubble is very evident.
Pretty much every campus is an “open campus” in the sense that someone who wants to be on campus can be there.
When we visited my sense was that it was on par with other city/campus schools like Penn, Yale, Columbia, Northeastern - tons of security on campus but you need to learn to be “city smart” if you venture much off campus (which is something good for any student to learn regardless).
I’m more curious about OP’s second question: how are the mental health resources?
Check out the Tulane CAPS https://campushealth.tulane.edu/caps and Public Safety https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/police
@bjkmom I believe University of Miami is a closed campus.
I don’t have personal experience with the mental health at Tulane but I know a freshman there who has diagnosed anxiety. She is in a group therapy once a week (on campus - I think these are unlimited) and got to see a counselor one on one once a week also for first semester. A number of counseling appointments are included with your fees. She was benefitting from the therapy a lot and is continuing on her own dime this semester.
Campus is pretty safe, lots of police/paid guards. Tulane is one of the happiest campuses, but I know a few people who have used Caps. I think you have 12 free sessions a semester. My friends didn’t like it because they are guys and hate talking, but it is a good service.