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University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana

https://www.louisiana.edu

#323 National Colleges

67.91% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

13,639 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily nonresidential
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the second largest enrollment in Louisiana. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".Founded in 1898 as an industrial school, the institution developed into a four-year university during the twentieth century and became known by its present name in 1999. It offers Louisiana's only Ph.

D. in francophone studies, Louisiana's only master's of informatics, and Louisiana's only industrial design degree. The university has achieved several milestones in computer science, engineering and architecture. It is also home to a distinct College of the Arts.

Over the years the university held different names, including Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (SLII) from 1898 to 1920; Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (SLI) from 1921 to 1959; and the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) from 1960 to 1998.

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Location

City
Lafayette, Louisiana

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Locale
City: Midsize (population of at least 100,000 but less than 250,000)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Health Professions And Related Programs 22.3%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 13.3%
Engineering 11.3%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 10.5%
Education 9.7%
Visual And Performing Arts 4.0%
Engineering Technologies And Engineering-Related Fields 4.0%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 3.8%
Psychology 3.6%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 3.4%
Social Sciences 2.8%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 2.6%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 1.7%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.6%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 1.5%
Architecture And Related Services 1.4%
Physical Sciences 0.7%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.7%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.5%
History 0.4%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.2%

Cost

In State Tuition
$10,382.00

Out of State Tuition
$24,110.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
46.00%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$12,487.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1169 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 650 580 510
Verbal 618 564 510

ACT Scores

24 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 25 22 19
English 28 25 21