to Mississippi State University, and the ichthyological collection to Tulane University.
=== Rankings ===
U.S. News & World Report as of 2015 ranks University of Louisiana at Monroe as follows:
Regional Universities (South) – 81st
Best Undergraduate Business Programs – 338th
Top Public Schools (South Regional Universities) – 39th
Pharmacy School – 74th
Speech Pathology – 181st
Best Online Bachelor's Programs – 160th
Best Online Graduate Business Programs – 87th
Best Online Graduate Education Programs – 103rd
== Athletics ==
=== Major sports ===
Teams participate in NCAA Division I (Division I FBS for football). ULM joined the Sun Belt Conference for all sports on July 1, 2006, after playing in the Southland Conference in all sports except football (swimming and diving team was in Sun Belt Conference, but was dropped in 2005). The school's sports teams previously competed as the Indians until 2006.
ULM moved from Division I-AA (now Division I FCS) to Division I-A (now FBS) in 1994 and played as a I-A independent …
