Lafayette, LA · Public
87%
Acceptance rate
1,219
SAT Average
$14,118
Avg net price
12,269
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 2,169Master’s 660Doctoral 73 |
| Bachelor’s 362Master’s 109Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 330Master’s 248Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 310Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 215Master’s 45Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 146Master’s 40Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 128Master’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 105Master’s 8Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 94Master’s 72Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s 12Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 68Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 50Master’s 29Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 49Master’s 3Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s 8Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 20Master’s 23Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 14Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 7Master’s 11Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s 2Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral 3 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Sun Belt Conference
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
435 unique student-athletes · 12 varsity teams
Fall
FAFSA due Mar 1 · FAFSA due May 1
· Apply with the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $5,407
- Required fees
- $5,011
- Food and housing
- $12,108
- Books and supplies
- $1,326
- Other expenses
- $6,167
- Total
- $30,019
- $26,6202019–2019–20
- $27,0622020–2120–21
- $27,7202021–2221–22
- $28,7942022–2322–23
- $29,1762023–2423–24
- $30,0192024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $14,118 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid and paid in-state tuition.
Need-based aid, 2023–24
- First-years with need-based aid
- 71%
- Average share of need met
- 59.5%
- Average need-based grant
- $11,123
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 3 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2023–24).
University of Louisiana at Lafayette admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 3 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of Louisiana at Lafayette admits in-state applicants at 88.5%, out-of-state applicants at 93.9%, and international applicants at 91.3%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
3,064 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
3% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
97% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 94% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.38
High-school class rank
Among the 94% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Class rank
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Application essay
- Not considered
- Recommendation(s)
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Interview
- Not considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Not considered
- Talent / ability
- Not considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Not considered
- First generation
- Not considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Volunteer work
- Not considered
- Work experience
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of Louisiana at Lafayette leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $14,118 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 2,035 of 2,860 first-years in the 2023–24 Common Data Set.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of Louisiana at Lafayette offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed76% of University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s first-years return for a second year and 52% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03