Students
Who's on campus
A small campus of 4,164 undergrads, where 75% receive Pell Grants, a high share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.23
Economic access
Campus size
36% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 63% take some
Where first-years come from
1,047 first-time students
35% came from other states and 22% from abroad; 43% are from Louisiana. More from other states than at 65% of colleges.
- In-state (Louisiana)43%
- Other states35%
- Abroad22%
Top home states
- Louisiana(home state)43% 450
- Texas15% 159
- California4.1% 43
- Arkansas3.3% 35
- Florida1.3% 14
From 31 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
158
new transfer students, 13% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 22% of colleges.
137 full-time, 21 part-time.
Going on to another college
7.7%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 143 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
9.8% of undergrads study part-time.
61% women
Another gender: Not collected by this college.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 2,389 students.
Housing
Beds
2,389
About 57 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I FCS · Southwestern Athletic Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Southwestern Athletic Conference comparesROTC
Army
Study abroad
Not listed
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 5% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Greek life
No fraternity or sorority chapters found in national directories (October 2026).
LGBTQ+ life
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 0
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
0 reported. The college may not record other genders.
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;Grambling State University Common Data Set 2019–20, Fall 2019;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)