University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Midsize

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $14,924. 52% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $52,638 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $23,422.

Average net price
$14,924
per year Verified data
Completion rate
52%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$52,638
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$23,422
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$11,460
Out-of-state tuition and fees$25,188
Average cost of attendance$25,959
Books and supplies$1,385
Room and board, on campus$12,560
Average net price, all aided students$14,924
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$12,120
Average net price, family income over $110,000$19,390

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
87%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1120 to 1240
ACT composite range, middle 50%
23 to 28
Undergraduate enrollment
12,428
Graduate enrollment
2,233
Students receiving Pell grants
45%
Student to faculty ratio
18 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time52%
Completion within normal time27%
First-year retention (full-time)74%
Median federal debt, graduates$23,422
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$266
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$18,885
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry70%
1 year after completion$47,325
4 years after completion$58,638
6 years after entry$48,095
8 years after entry$52,818
10 years after entry$52,638
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $52,638; the middle half earned $35,577 to $77,483. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

108 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Data Science
CIP 30.70 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (48)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · All credentials fully online
40$49,316$19,235
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architecture and Related Services, Other
CIP 04.99 · No credentials fully online
26Suppressed for privacy$20,500
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
128$31,303$27,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
128$47,000$25,000
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
CIP 52.99 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
7$41,022Suppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
48$75,273$23,295
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
15$40,820Suppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
38$68,528$30,250
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
41$26,050$23,972
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
20$36,055$31,000
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
50$66,588$21,500
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
36$59,493$27,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · All credentials fully online
46$34,849$25,000
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
16$35,851$19,422
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
38$78,545$25,000
Engineering-Related Fields
CIP 15.15 · No credentials fully online
64Suppressed for privacy$25,000
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
38$25,114$26,000
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
4$23,848Suppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
74$45,700$23,250
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
45$25,175$27,750
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
35$47,350$29,000
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Hospitality Administration/Management
CIP 52.09 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online
26$33,156$28,000
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06
$57,127Suppressed for privacy
Insurance
CIP 52.17 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Interior Architecture
CIP 04.05 · No credentials fully online
12$42,006Suppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
354$37,063$27,791
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · All credentials fully online
53$43,803$20,048
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
70$70,375$23,850
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
17$29,678$28,283
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
13$43,757Suppressed for privacy
Petroleum Engineering
CIP 14.25 · No credentials fully online
13$92,902Suppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
32$33,109$22,796
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
121$29,847$24,000
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
29$42,491$25,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
268$82,686$27,000
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacy$18,822
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
80$46,133$25,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online
162$35,464$27,000
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (33)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architecture
CIP 04.02 · No credentials fully online
26$53,004Suppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
312$77,238Suppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
30$55,191Suppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
14$43,942Suppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · All credentials fully online
29Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
32Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · All credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
23$58,288Suppressed for privacy
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.17 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
42$71,814Suppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
38$106,238Suppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
0$30,912Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (13)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, Other
CIP 13.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · All credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Historic Preservation and Conservation
CIP 30.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (11)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology
CIP 26.13 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
29$71,979Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Systems Engineering
CIP 14.27 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 160658, OPEID 002031. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.