Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College operates as a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (city: midsize), with a total reported enrollment of 30,594 students of which 35,589 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 State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is categorized as “15” 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 73.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,285 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $19,151, with published in-state tuition of $11,954 and a Pell grant recipient share of 26.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 69.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 84.7%. Graduates earn a median of $61,251 ten years after enrolling, compared with $49,218 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 481600.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.0% 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.