Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Public College in Shreveport, LA. Six-year graduation rate 38%. Median 10-year earnings $47,477.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $47,477 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 38% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,500, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Louisiana State University-Shreveport admits 51% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. 1,917 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 32% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 5% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 515–605 | 15 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 485–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 247 (81%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 38% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention of 83% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. Transfer-out runs to 27% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 33% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,150 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $7,287 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The income table below is the number that matters — $5,680 at $0–30k versus $15,599 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 70% of students at an average of $10,667. Federal borrowing reaches 35% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 267 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $5,680 |
| $30–48k | $4,836 |
| $48–75k | $5,969 |
| $75–110k | $10,359 |
| $110k+ | $15,599 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 745 of these 2,150 students, totalling $5,798,317 — an average of $7,783 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Caddo Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)