GoKawiilTwenty years after Katrina, New Orleans universities recovery remains uneven
Hurricane Katrina struck southeast Louisiana on 29 August 2005, flooding roughly 80% of New Orleans and causing $17 billion in damages in Orleans Parish. All ten area colleges and universities were affected, displacing about 84,000 students and 15,000 faculty, with Louisiana's public universities sustaining $500-600 million in physical damage and over $150 million in lost tuition and revenue, plus $75 million in immediate budget cuts.