The mark consists of a blue shield outlined and divided into four sections with a white horizontal and a white vertical line, with white anchor and scale outlined in green and in a green circle in the upper left quadrant, open book with white pages outlined in blue and green in the upper right quadrant, white fleur de lis outlined in green in the lower left quadrant, and white acorn and leaf with blue highlights and green stem in the lower right quadrant, with green tip at the bottom of the shield with white numbers "1869" in the green tip and phrase "Ex Fide Fortis" in blue above the shield; the word "Dillard" in all capital letters printed in blue print to the right of the shield and above a green horizontal line and the word "University" in all capital letters in blue below the green horizontal line. There is subtle black outlining throughout the design.