College · Public · Alexandria, LA · Rural
Louisiana State University-Alexandria
Alexandria, LA
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$7k
Undergrad size5,632
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $7k/yr for a shot at a $37k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1022 · ACT 20.
If you get in
5,632 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $16k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $7k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$62k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$28k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$34k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $14.7k
- Room & board
- $9.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants35%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans36%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr34%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$42k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out36%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 5,632
- Location
- Alexandria, LA
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Also known as
- LSUA
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White56%
- Black22%
- Two or more races13%
- Unknown4%
- Asian2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- International1%
- Hispanic1%
First-gen students45%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time38%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$32k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 20
What you can study.