Louisiana Culinary Institute

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Louisiana Culinary Institute

Louisiana Culinary Institute operates as a private for-profit institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 77 students of which 110 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Louisiana Culinary Institute is categorized as “12” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 37.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $28,869, with published in-state tuition of $15,575 and a Pell grant recipient share of 38.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $16,200, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. Four-year completion rate data is unavailable, rising to 80.7% at six years. Graduates earn a median of $40,359 ten years after enrolling, compared with $30,808 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 16500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 62.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.