University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.5-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.
Of 110 Title IV programs, 41 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 68 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing41 · 37.3%
- No Data68 · 61.8%
- Failing1 · 0.9%
Severity spectrum
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.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 9
Action history · 9
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Oct 2023Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jul 2020Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,459 students received $39.0M in Pell grants, alongside $61.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
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.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,172 borrowers who entered repayment, 89 (2.8%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* 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.
Academic programs at Louisiana
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus23
- Non-campus10
Includes 6 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Louisiana vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Louisiana selected for federal comparison reporting.
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette | 53% | — | 15,665 | $13,530 | R1 Research |
| 66% | 73.3% | 41,705 | $19,151 | R1 Research | |
| 49% | 99.1% | 13,170 | $21,708 | R1 Research | |
| 64% | 88.2% | 20,905 | $18,749 | R1 Research | |
| 51% | 72.0% | 20,276 | $12,397 | R1 Research | |
| 67% | 77.6% | 23,150 | $17,595 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 59% | 77.6% | 20,591 | $18,172 |
Institutions like Louisiana
Explore the federal data for institutions in Louisiana's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchLouisiana
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Grad rate66%Admit rate73.3%Enrollment41,705Net price$19,151View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
University of Southern Mississippi
Grad rate49%Admit rate99.1%Enrollment13,170Net price$21,708View data - R1 ResearchAlabama
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Grad rate64%Admit rate88.2%Enrollment20,905Net price$18,749View data - R1 ResearchTennessee
University of Memphis
Grad rate51%Admit rate72.0%Enrollment20,276Net price$12,397View data - R1 ResearchMississippi
Mississippi State University
Grad rate67%Admit rate77.6%Enrollment23,150Net price$17,595View data
Louisiana Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research is dedicated to providing accurate and consistent data and information about UL Lafayette to support administration in its management, decision-making, and policy-formulation responsibilities.
Visit IR office page- Lisa LordDirector of Institutional Research
- Wendy TygrettData and Reporting Analyst
Common Data Set
Louisiana's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C110,679 applied → 9,484 admitted (88.8%) → 3,064 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 88.8% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 990–1210 (median 1120).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 19–25 (median 22).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 52%; first-year retention 76%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 10 pts below the overall rate (42% vs 52%).
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B21% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B113,179 undergraduates and 2,166 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D11,103 transfer applicants → 901 admitted (81.8%) → 602 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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