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Best Colleges in Louisiana

The strongest colleges and universities in Louisiana, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Louisiana, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
Source Federal data, same records as every school page

Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 14.0% $39,949 1400-1520 See record
2 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary New Orleans, LA - $10,829 - See record
3 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA 73% $19,151 1180-1340 See record
4 Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 86% $11,864 1100-1310 See record
5 Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA 93% $23,696 - See record
6 Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LA 56% $23,624 1060-1210 See record
7 University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 85% $13,466 1160-1360 See record
8 Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA 91% $12,947 934-1196 See record
9 University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA 87% $13,530 1120-1240 See record
10 University of Holy Cross New Orleans, LA 74% $15,635 - See record
11 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA 69% $17,127 950-1113 See record
12 Saint Joseph Seminary College St. Benedict, LA - $45,460 - See record
13 McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA 78% $12,493 940-1198 See record
14 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Baton Rouge, LA 99% $18,552 - See record
15 Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA 99% $13,154 1090 See record
16 Louisiana Christian University Pineville, LA 77% $13,113 - See record
17 Dillard University New Orleans, LA 42% $22,094 968-1202 See record
18 Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA 93% $13,606 866-1163 See record
19 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA 74% $12,384 935-1241 See record
20 Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LA 51% $7,022 1000-1195 See record
21 Grambling State University Grambling, LA 45% $19,809 920-1080 See record
22 Louisiana State University-Alexandria Alexandria, LA 92% $7,065 970-1220 See record
23 Remington College-Shreveport Campus Shreveport, LA - $30,758 - See record
24 Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA 35% $20,077 790-1020 See record
25 Herzing University-New Orleans Metairie, LA 92% $21,269 - See record
26 Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA 79% $14,810 820-1050 See record
27 Digital Media Institute Shreveport, LA 26% $30,205 - See record
28 Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge, LA 38% $28,869 - See record
29 Academy of Interactive Entertainment Lafayette, LA 43% $32,888 - See record
30 New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute New Orleans, LA 78% - - See record
31 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA - $22,518 - See record
32 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington Covington, LA - $25,742 - See record
33 Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette Lafayette, LA - $21,777 - See record
34 Avery James College Lake Charles, LA - $18,360 - See record
35 Ayers Career College Shreveport, LA - $18,439 - See record
36 Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA - $9,474 - See record
37 Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology Baton Rouge, LA - - - See record
38 Belbo Beauty Institute Shreveport, LA - $23,901 - See record
39 Blalock's Professional Beauty College Shreveport, LA - $18,977 - See record
40 Blue Cliff College Metairie, LA - - - See record