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Quick Facts Fall 2013

 

 

Quick Facts

Fall 2013

 

 

 

General Information
Founded: 1880
Size of Campus: 512 Acres main campus and 372-acre experimental station located five miles from the main campus

Degree/Accreditation
Number of Degree Programs: 61
Degree Programs Eligible for Accreditation: 34
Total Eligible Programs Accredited: 32
Percent of Accredited Programs: 94.1%

Enrollment by Level

Enrollment by Gender

Undergraduate :

5,612

 

Male:

2,358

Graduate:

1,118

 

Female:

4,372

Total:

6,730

 

Total:

6,730

Percent Undergraduates:

83.4%

 

Percent Male:

35.0%

Percent Graduates:

    16.6%

 

Percent Female:

64.0%

 

Enrollment by Ethnicity

 

Enrollment by Residency

Black:

     6,239

 

Louisiana

5,808

White:

201

 

Out-of-State

   800

Other:

290

 

International

   122

Total:

6,730

 

Total:

6,730

Percent Non-Black:

  7.3%

 

Percent Non-Resident

13.7%

 

 

Enrollment of First-Time Freshmen by Residency

 

Louisiana:

938

 

 

Out-of-State:

168

 

 

International:

5

 

 

Total:

1,111

 

 

Percent Non-Resident

15.6%

 

Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention
Fall 2012 to Fall 2013: 67.4%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Entering Fall 2007: 31.9%