Southeastern Louisiana University
Public College in Hammond, LA. Six-year graduation rate 45%. Median 10-year earnings $46,482.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $46,482 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Six-year completion sits at 45%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $22,113, 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
With an acceptance rate of 99%, Southeastern Louisiana University takes nearly everyone who applies. The applicant pool runs to 6,255, typical for a school of this reach. About 39% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, 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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | 18–24 | 2,267 (94%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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45% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 73% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore 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. The 31% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. The part-time picture is harder: 54% return, against 73% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 9,514 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $13,116 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. Net price varies modestly by income — $10,507 at $0–30k against $18,184 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $8,003, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. About 43% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
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 · 1,741 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 | $10,507 |
| $30–48k | $10,309 |
| $48–75k | $12,380 |
| $75–110k | $16,672 |
| $110k+ | $18,184 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,112 of these 9,514 students, totalling $23,969,678 — an average of $5,829 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Tangipahoa 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)