The College of Business and Social Sciences (CBSS) seeks to prepare students for productive careers and responsible citizenship.

A doctoral program in marriage and family therapy was approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents in June 1995.

[14] The College of Pharmacy at ULM is Louisiana's only publicly supported comprehensive center for pharmaceutical education, research, and service.

The college includes several modern specialized instructional and health service facilities and numerous affiliated off-campus teaching hospitals and pharmacies throughout the state.

[15] ULM is home to the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall, named for the opera singer and daughter of the Coca-Cola entrepreneur Joseph A.

In March 2017, museum staff announced that they had been told the collections would have to be divested to enable an expansion of the university's stadium, and that any specimens which had not been relocated to other institutions by July 2017 would be destroyed.

Also, in 2012, ULM had their first winning season as an FBS school going, 8–5, and a bid to the 2012 Independence Bowl in Shreveport vs. the Ohio Bobcats, but lost 45–14.

The ULM football team posted its first six-win season since moving to Division I-A in 2007 going 6–6, which included a 21–14 victory at Alabama.

The football and baseball stadiums and ULM Activities Center were designed by architect Hugh G. Parker of Bastrop.

ULM is home to several award-winning groups including the Sound of Today marching band and the competition cheerleading squad.