Louisiana Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

Southern University and A & M College has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 30% last year.

Louisiana State University-Shreveport with 32% and Grambling State University with 36% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Louisiana Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $17,355 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,368 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.00% and the average SAT score is 1,062 at the schools.

Table. Louisiana Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
1
Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LAPublic, 4-year 30.00%
1.95%
$17,192
($9,842)
28.00%50.00%8908,22618 to 1
2
2
Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LAPublic, 4-year 32.00%
5.75%
$20,481
($7,327)
36.04%83.03%1,0608,72124 to 1
3
2
Grambling State University Grambling, LAPublic, 4-year 36.00%
7.15%
$16,706
($7,683)
16.01%24.00%9705,05825 to 1
4
1
University of New Orleans New Orleans, LAPublic, 4-year 38.00%
0.90%
$14,008
($9,172)
17.00%67.01%1,1507,11118 to 1
5
2
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LAPublic, 4-year 43.00%
5.38%
$20,851
($8,373)
45.00%94.00%-13,46518 to 1
6
3
Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LAPublic, 4-year 45.00%
5.25%
$9,266
($8,173)
36.99%95.99%1,0155,88317 to 1
7
1
McNeese State University Lake Charles, LAPublic, 4-year 46.00%
3.84%
$9,960
($8,460)
47.99%68.00%9806,23019 to 1
7
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Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LAPublic, 4-year 46.00%
1.88%
$19,652
($8,864)
35.01%93.99%1,0909,38917 to 1
9
1
University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LAPublic, 4-year 50.00%
3.53%
$21,290
($9,190)
28.01%75.01%1,2108,39817 to 1
10
2
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LAPublic, 4-year 51.00%
0.87%
$24,146
($10,418)
32.00%89.00%1,19015,21918 to 1
Average41.70%$17,355
($8,750)
32.21%74.00%1,0628,77019 to 1