Colleges in Louisiana

Louisiana has 55 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 31 public, 18 private nonprofit and 6 for-profit. Together they enroll about 178,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, with 30,594. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Academy of Interactive EntertainmentLafayette · Private nonprofit
$21,58343%Not reported89
Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge · Public
$9,356Not reportedNot reported8,362
Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City · Public
$8,389Not reportedNot reported4,935
Bridges Christian CollegeNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$11,477Not reportedNot reported163
Centenary College of LouisianaShreveport · Private nonprofit
$25,05356%62%685
$5,162Not reportedNot reported1,078
Chamberlain University, LouisianaJefferson · Private for-profit
$36,976100%0%622
Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans · Public
$11,939Not reportedNot reported11,668
Delta College of Arts & TechnologyBaton Rouge · Private for-profit
$22,913Not reportedNot reported326
Digital Media InstituteShreveport · Private nonprofit
$30,13126%Not reported7
Dillard UniversityNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$26,36342%51%1,063
$9,493Not reportedNot reported2,136
Fortis College, Baton RougeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit
$22,998Not reportedNot reported482
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge · Private nonprofit
$12,80799%41%821
Grambling State UniversityGrambling · Public
$19,21445%36%4,164
Herzing University, New OrleansMetairie · Private nonprofit
$21,67892%50%346
Infinity CollegeLafayette · Private for-profit
$160Not reportedNot reported179
ITI Technical CollegeBaton Rouge · Private for-profit
$22,128Not reportedNot reported555
Louisiana Christian UniversityPineville · Private nonprofit
$20,26877%40%672
Louisiana Culinary InstituteBaton Rouge · Private for-profit
$26,45138%Not reported77
$11,672Not reportedNot reported3,057
$12,10592%29%5,632
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported862
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported21
$7,454Not reportedNot reported2,826
$11,10151%33%2,153
$11,95986%61%8,312
Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$21,88893%61%2,812
McNeese State UniversityLake Charles · Public
$11,22878%47%5,005
New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$16,399Not reported61%865
Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux · Public
$13,35791%51%4,737
$8,484Not reportedNot reported2,505
$14,899Not reportedNot reported866
$12,84293%44%5,519
Nunez Community CollegeChalmette · Public
$8,271Not reportedNot reported1,520
Remington College, Baton Rouge CampusBaton Rouge · Private nonprofit
$25,278Not reportedNot reported210
Remington College, Lafayette CampusLafayette · Private nonprofit
$24,462Not reportedNot reported230
Remington College, Shreveport CampusShreveport · Private nonprofit
$22,741Not reported50%315
$8,411Not reportedNot reported1,880
Saint Joseph Seminary CollegeSt. Benedict · Private nonprofit
$52,272Not reported54%93
$9,430Not reportedNot reported5,035
$12,46899%46%9,514
$18,63135%28%5,519
$12,08679%15%1,055
$8,120Not reportedNot reported1,910
Southern University Law CenterBaton Rouge · Public
Not reported35%Not reported607
$6,795Not reportedNot reported2,966
Not reported43%Not reportedNot reported
Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$40,69314%87%7,767
University of Holy CrossNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$8,70574%43%471
$14,92487%52%12,428
$12,21885%51%5,022
University of New OrleansNew Orleans · Public
$7,76174%38%4,638
Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans · Private nonprofit
$19,72269%55%2,628

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.