The average acceptance rate of the 13 public Louisiana colleges that have competitive admission is 72.85% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 3.91%. The acceptance rate at 3 public Louisiana colleges increased and the rate of 10 colleges decreased.
Grambling State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 24.00%. Southern University and A & M College (50.00%) and Southern University at New Orleans (60.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Louisiana Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Grambling State University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Southern University and A & M College also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,567 and graduate tuition & fees is $18,129 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Grambling State University Grambling, LAPublic, 4-year | 24.00% 18.37% | 16.01% | 970 | $16,706 ($7,683) | 5,058 | 36.00% | 25 to 1 |
| 2 - | Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LAPublic, 4-year | 50.00% 3.90% | 28.00% | 890 | $17,192 ($9,842) | 8,226 | 30.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 3 7 | Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LAPublic, 4-year | 60.00% 33.53% | 9.02% | - | $16,390 ($7,490) | 1,950 | 17.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of New Orleans New Orleans, LAPublic, 4-year | 67.01% 2.75% | 17.00% | 1,150 | $14,008 ($9,172) | 7,111 | 38.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 5 1 | McNeese State University Lake Charles, LAPublic, 4-year | 68.00% 3.24% | 47.99% | 980 | $9,960 ($8,460) | 6,230 | 46.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 6 3 | Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LAPublic, 4-year | 73.00% 10.63% | 34.00% | 1,190 | $16,866 ($10,125) | 10,839 | 59.00% | 23 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LAPublic, 4-year | 74.00% 1.72% | 24.00% | 1,235 | $28,631 ($11,954) | 37,348 | 69.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 8 3 | University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LAPublic, 4-year | 75.01% 4.90% | 28.01% | 1,210 | $21,290 ($9,190) | 8,398 | 50.00% | 17 to 1 |
| 9 - | Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LAPublic, 4-year | 83.03% 5.88% | 36.04% | 1,060 | $20,481 ($7,327) | 8,721 | 32.00% | 24 to 1 |
| 10 3 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LAPublic, 4-year | 89.00% 14.44% | 32.00% | 1,190 | $24,146 ($10,418) | 15,219 | 51.00% | 18 to 1 |
| Average | 66.31% | 27.21% | 1,097 | $18,567 ($9,166) | 10,910 | 42.80% | 20 to 1 |