by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette was awarded 387 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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College Factual ranked UL Lafayette as #1,199 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
UL Lafayette is also ranked #9 out of 29 schools in Louisiana.
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette has an acceptance rate of 78%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 4% of students accepted to UL Lafayette submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 610. Math scores were between 513 and 588.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is 79%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 23% for first-time, full-time students at UL Lafayette, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,020 undergraduates at UL Lafayette with 11,318 being full-time and 2,702 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,990 | $11,697 | $14,322 | $16,017 | $16,618 |
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 UL Lafayette, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UL Lafayette, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $5,833 a year. That adds up to $23,332 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UL Lafayette is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UL Lafayette are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 104 University Circle, Lafayette, LA 70503 |
| Phone: | 377-482-1000 |
| Website: | www.louisiana.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 463 | $67,455 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 315 | $29,418 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 144 | $32,803 |
| Business Administration & Management | 130 | $34,509 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 127 | $37,976 |
| General Biology | 125 | $20,487 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 120 | $65,860 |
| General Psychology | 113 | $20,820 |
| Industrial Production Technology | 94 | $49,943 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 91 | $34,697 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 7,183 students took at least one online class at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. This is a decrease from the 8,860 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 7,183 | 2,742 |
| 2019-2020 | 8,860 | 2,635 |
| 2018-2019 | 6,584 | 2,285 |
| 2017-2018 | 6,057 | 1,929 |
| 2016-2017 | 5,001 | 1,512 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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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