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Southern University at Shreveport was awarded 38 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is laboratory technician.
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Southern University at Shreveport landed the #1,776 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Southern University at Shreveport held the #1,841 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 29 colleges in Louisiana, Southern University at Shreveport is ranked at #20.
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If you are worried about getting into Southern University at Shreveport, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
At Southern University at Shreveport, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southern University at Shreveport is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 40% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Southern University at Shreveport. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,013 undergraduates at Southern University at Shreveport with 1,325 being full-time and 1,688 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,160 | $10,325 | $14,150 | $13,247 | $11,318 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Southern University at Shreveport, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southern University at Shreveport, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $5,431 a year. That adds up to $21,724 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Southern University at Shreveport is 20.2%. Watch out! This is significantly higher than the national default rate of 10.1%, which means you could have trouble paying back your student loans if you take any out.
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Contact details for Southern University at Shreveport are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3050 Martin Luther King Dr, Shreveport, LA 71107 |
| Phone: | 318-670-6000 |
| Website: | www.susla.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,857 students took at least one online class at Southern University at Shreveport. This is a decrease from the 2,301 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,857 | 1,158 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,301 | 1,607 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,063 | 454 |
| 2017-2018 | 964 | 239 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,019 | 155 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern University at Shreveport.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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