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Common Data Set 2024-2025

Louisiana State University

LA · Public · ~30,600 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
73.3%

Louisiana State University's admit rate has held within a 5.5-point band over 8 reported cycles.

SAT · 50th
1250
Range 1180–1320
6-yr grad
68.8%
Retention 84.7%
Undergrads
30,594
21:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from Louisiana State University's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set. View source →
Louisiana State University Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate73.3% SAT (50th)1,250 ACT (50th)27 Undergraduates30,594 6-yr graduation68.8% Retention84.7% Tuition (FT)$28,631 Student–faculty ratio21:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202573.3%7,925——1,250
2023-2024—————
2022-202375.7%7,401——1,225
2021-202270.9%7,045———
2020-202173.4%6,701———

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where Louisiana State University applicants also apply
University of MississippiMS · 96.6% admit · SAT 1090 · 21,585 UG University of AlabamaAL · 71.2% admit · SAT 1210 · 35,621 UG Auburn UniversityAL · 45.9% admit · SAT 1320 · 27,907 UG University of ArkansasAR · 73.9% admit · SAT 1110 · 29,252 UG University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN · 43.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,041 UG Mississippi State UniversityMS · 77.6% admit · SAT 1200 · 18,567 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Oregon State UniversityOR · 77.3% admit · SAT 1280 · 31,253 UG University of Colorado BoulderCO · 75.9% admit · SAT 1300 · 33,384 UG University of Missouri-ColumbiaMO · 78.5% admit · SAT 1247 · 24,449 UG University of North Carolina at CharlotteNC · 79.6% admit · SAT 1240 · 24,868 UG University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusOK · 77.6% admit · SAT 1232 · 22,734 UG

What the data says about Louisiana State University

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools Louisiana State University applicants most commonly also apply to range from 43.6% admit to 96.6% admit — a 53.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

Louisiana State University's 73.3% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

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