Students
Who's on campus
A very large campus of 30,594 undergrads, where 27% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.61
Economic access
Campus size
6% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 48% take some
Where first-years come from
7,925 first-time students
39% came from other states and 1.0% from abroad; 60% are from Louisiana. More from other states than at 69% of colleges.
- In-state (Louisiana)60%
- Other states39%
- Abroad1.0%
Top home states
- Louisiana(home state)60% 4,721
- Texas13% 1,020
- Florida3.9% 308
- Georgia2.6% 206
- California2.1% 165
From 48 states (counting DC) and 6 from U.S. territories.
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
1,091
new transfer students, 12% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 19% of colleges.
973 full-time, 118 part-time.
Going on to another college
22%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 1,454 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
4.6% of undergrads study part-time.
57% 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 8,765 students.
Housing
Beds
8,765
About 29 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 FBS · Southeastern Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Southeastern Conference comparesROTC
Army, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
A formal program
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- On-campus child care for students' children
- A program for students with intellectual disabilities
- 12% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 3
- Catholic 1
- Christian 2
Greek life
In 4 councils, as the college counts them.
Councils and chapters
12chaptersPanhellenic CouncilPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
4 of the college's 12 chapters are on the national lists we read.
17chaptersInterfraternity CouncilInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
4 of the college's 17 chapters are on the national lists we read.
- 9chaptersNational Pan-Hellenic Council Historically Black (NPHC)Its chapters aren't on the national lists we read yet.
- 2chaptersMulticultural Greek Council Multicultural (NMGC)Its chapters aren't on the national lists we read yet.
LGBTQ+ life
Policies
- Gender-inclusive restrooms listed online
- Trans-inclusive athletic policy (intramurals and club sports)
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 0
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;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)