Baton Rouge, LA · Public
73.3%
Acceptance rate
1,248
SAT Average
$20,015
Avg net price
29,207
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 5,799Master’s 1,921Doctoral 652 |
| Bachelor’s 1,303Master’s 458Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 519Master’s 115Doctoral 54 |
| Bachelor’s 487Master’s 125Doctoral 24 |
| Bachelor’s 471Master’s 13Doctoral 23 |
| Bachelor’s 466Master’s 30Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 380Master’s 19Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 343Master’s 13Doctoral 17 |
| Bachelor’s 276Master’s 5Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 261Master’s 128Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 221Master’s 37Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s 216Master’s 52Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 176Master’s 35Doctoral 144 |
| Bachelor’s 110Master’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 97Master’s 17Doctoral 52 |
| Bachelor’s 83Master’s 6Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 81Master’s 54Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 73Master’s 30Doctoral 6 |
| Bachelor’s 69Master’s 4Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 56Master’s 8Doctoral 4 |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s 463Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 30Master’s 25Doctoral 16 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 7Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 5Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s 8Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 4Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 250Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral 201 |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Louisiana State University
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Southeastern Conference
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
498 unique student-athletes · 17 varsity teams
Priority Deadline for Scholarships
Regular Decision
FAFSA due Dec 15
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $8,038
- Required fees
- $3,916
- Food and housing
- $15,142
- Books and supplies
- $1,084
- Other expenses
- $7,884
- Total
- $36,064
- $32,9622019–2019–20
- $33,3942020–2120–21
- $33,8362021–2221–22
- $34,8782022–2322–23
- $35,2182023–2423–24
- $36,0642024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $20,015 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, 2024–25
- First-years with need-based aid
- 62%
- Average share of need met
- 57.3%
- Average need-based grant
- $14,981
- Required forms
- FAFSA
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, 2024–25
- 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 4 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2024–25).
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 4 years of Common Data Set filings.
No early admission plans appear in Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College's Common Data Set filing.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College admits in-state applicants at 80.1%, out-of-state applicants at 72.3%, and international applicants at 47.8%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
7,925 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 12% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 88%.
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
7% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
40% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.3% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 77% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.83
High-school class rank
Among the 77% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Application essay
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- Extracurricular activities
- Considered
- Character / personal qualities
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 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)
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College'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); $20,015 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 4,667 of 7,494 first-years in the 2024–25 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College offers merit aid only: 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 disclosed84% of Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College’s first-years return for a second year and 71% 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, 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03