Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 8,312 undergrads, where 22% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.45
Economic access
Campus size
Where first-years come from
2,453 first-time students
12% came from other states and 7.8% from abroad; 80% are from Louisiana. Fewer from other states than at 69% of colleges.
- In-state (Louisiana)80%
- Other states12%
- Abroad7.8%
Top home states
- Louisiana(home state)80% 1,968
- Texas6.2% 153
- Arkansas3.9% 96
- Mississippi0.8% 20
- Georgia0.2% 4
From 21 states (counting DC) and 1 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
221
new transfer students, 8.3% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 12% of colleges.
204 full-time, 17 part-time.
Going on to another college
28%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 705 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
6.5% of undergrads study part-time.
44% 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 2,614 students.
Housing
Beds
2,614
About 31 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 · Conference USA
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Conference USA comparesROTC
Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Quarters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 3% or fewer of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 1
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Councils and chapters
4listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
3listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
LGBTQ+ life
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)