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Louisiana State University - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·lsus.edu
6-yr Graduation
38%
-7.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
10,749
peer median 9,636
Avg net price
$7,022
-$6.4k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,917
1,917 candidates competed
Admitted
969
50.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
305
31.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
38%-7.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
21%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
38%
Full-time retention
83%

Pell equity

18.1pp gap
Pell recipients
28%40 of 141
Non-Pell (all)
46%70 of 152
Subsidized loan, no Pell
22%2 of 9
No Federal Aid
48%68 of 143

Non-Pell students graduate at a 18.1-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 39 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 29 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
39
Passing
10
25.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

39programs
  • Passing10 · 25.6%
  • No Data29 · 74.4%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
10
No data
29

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

10
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+26.5%
$40,731 vs $32,203
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+42.1%
$45,759 vs $32,203
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+50.8%
$77,728 vs $51,545
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+52.6%
$49,127 vs $32,203
Marketing
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+62.6%
$52,371 vs $32,203
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+65.7%
$53,352 vs $32,203
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+70.2%
$54,808 vs $32,203
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+89.8%
$61,117 vs $32,203

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

9
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
49%
$29,783 debt · $61,117 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
46%
$18,750 debt · $40,731 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
46%
$20,834 debt · $45,759 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
44%
$23,375 debt · $53,352 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
43%
$20,869 debt · $49,127 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
40%
$21,903 debt · $54,808 earn
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
37%
$22,750 debt · $61,423 earn
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
30%
$23,607 debt · $77,728 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1975Next review Jun 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 5

  1. Dec 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Jun 2023Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Apr 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$5,680
$30–48k$4,836
$48–75k$5,969
$75–110k$10,359
$110k+$15,599

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$7,022
-$6,358vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $13,380
Federal loans
29.3%
In-state tuition
$7,518
Out-of-state
$7,518

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,327 students received $7.4M in Pell grants, alongside $61.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,327
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.4M
$7,411,166 total
Direct Loans
$61.0M
6,324 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.8M
774 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.0M
862 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$52.2M
4,553 loan awards
Parent PLUS$170K
17 loan awards
Grad PLUS$1.8M
118 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,943 borrowers who entered repayment, 27 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.3%
-1.0pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,943
Defaulted
27
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.6%
2017
6.4%
2018
5.5%
2019
1.3%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at LSUS

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs40
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

4,490 total completions
01Business
2,86263.7%
02Health Professions
67815.1%
03Education
54712.2%
04Public Admin
1052.3%
05Psychology
841.9%
06Liberal Arts
751.7%
07Biological Sciences
561.2%
08Computer Sciences
461.0%
09Security/Protective
200.4%
10Visual/Performing Arts
170.4%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
10,749
12-mo unduplicated
15,500
Undergraduate
3,459
Graduate
12,041

Gender split

Men
39%6,051
Women
61%9,449

Race / ethnicity composition

White
54.9%
Black
27.1%
Two or more
5.9%
Non-resident
4.9%
Unknown
4.0%
Asian
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.7%
Hispanic
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
128
80 M · 48 W
Women athletes
37.5%
Athletic aid
$621K
Total student aid
Budget
$2.7M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$341K
$280K
Recruiting expense
$5K
$2K
Head-coach salaries
$77K
$45K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 4

Soccer
27 M · 25 W
$528K
Baseball
40 M · —
$660K
Basketball
13 M · 15 W
$819K
Tennis
— · 8 W
$72K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.82
8 offenses · 9,736 students

3-year trend

0.452 yrs ago0.341 yr ago0.82Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
15
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
29
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Aggravated assault
4
Burglary
3
Fondling
1

By location

8total
  • On campus4
  • Public property4

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

4
Domestic violence
5
Dating violence
6
Stalking
15 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs22
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
30.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
160

LSUS vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions LSUS selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectLouisiana State University-Shreveport
38%—10,749$7,022Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Southeastern Louisiana University
45%99.3%14,426$13,154Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
45%92.5%8,523$13,606Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
McNeese State University
46%78.3%6,241$12,493Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Grambling State University
36%44.9%5,150$19,809Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Troy University
49%96.0%13,658$16,527Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median45%92.5%9,636$13,380

Institutions like LSUS

Explore the federal data for institutions in LSUS's comparison group.

IPEDS

LSUS Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Institutional Effectiveness & Planning
Phone
(318) 797-5000
Address
One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115

Institutional effectiveness presumes that an institution is engaging in ongoing, integrated, and institution-wide research-based planning and evaluation processes that incorporate a systematic review of programs and services that result in continuing improvement and demonstrate that the institution is effectively accomplishing its mission.

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Common Data Set

LSUS's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Total enrollment
4,428
2,776 UG · 1,652 grad
6-yr graduation rate
37%
First-year retention
64%
Student–faculty ratio
21 to 1
01

Outcomes & Equity

Graduation & retention

B
6-yr grad rate
37%
Retention
64%

6-year graduation rate 37%; first-year retention 64%.

02

Academic Experience

Class-size distribution

I3
2-9 students196
10-19 students144
20-29 students119
30-39 students55
40-49 students42
50-99 students29
100+ students16

57% of classes have under 20 students; 7% have 50+.

Faculty profile

I
Student–faculty ratio
21 to 1
Faculty with terminal degree
87%
Women faculty
49%

Key faculty indicators.

Degrees by discipline

J
Business/marketing22%
Liberal arts/general studies14%
Biological/life sciences11%
Health professions and related programs10%
Education9%
Psychology8%
Visual and performing arts5%
Computer and information sciences4%

STEM-dominant: ~17% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.

03

Student Body & Diversity

Undergraduate race/ethnicity

B2
White, non-Hispanic57.0%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic22.8%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown6.8%
Hispanic/Latino4.5%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic4.4%
Nonresident aliens2.1%
Asian, non-Hispanic1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic0.6%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic0.1%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.

International students

B2
International UG
51
Share
2%

2% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).

Undergrad vs graduate

B1
Undergraduate
2,77663%
Graduate
1,65237%

2,776 undergraduates and 1,652 graduate students.

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about Louisiana State University-Shreveport

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about LSUS.

What is the graduation rate at Louisiana State University-Shreveport?

Louisiana State University-Shreveport reports a 6-year graduation rate of 38% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Louisiana State University-Shreveport?

Louisiana State University-Shreveport reports a total enrollment of 10,749 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Louisiana State University-Shreveport?

The average net price at Louisiana State University-Shreveport is $7,022 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Louisiana State University-Shreveport?

Louisiana State University-Shreveport's yield rate is 31.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Louisiana State University-Shreveport located?

Louisiana State University-Shreveport is located in Shreveport, Louisiana 71115-2399.

Who runs Institutional Research at Louisiana State University-Shreveport?

Louisiana State University-Shreveport's IR work is done by the Institutional Effectiveness & Planning.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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