Southern University
at Shreveport
Public Community College in Shreveport, LA. Six-year graduation rate 10%. Median 10-year earnings $33,099.
Students who entered Southern University at Shreveport reach a median of $33,099 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Graduates carry a median of $18,500 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Graduation rate 10% — below national average
Academics
Only 11% finish within six years, so roughly nine in ten students leave without the credential. 38% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. 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 12% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 22:1, class sizes land in the normal range for an undergraduate institution.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,979 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,832 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. Income makes less difference than usual: $10,478 at $0–30k, $16,311 at $110k+. 84% of students receive grant aid, averaging $5,859 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 92% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 384 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 | $10,478 |
| $30–48k | $11,359 |
| $48–75k | $12,785 |
| $75–110k | $15,943 |
| $110k+ | $16,311 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,821 of these 1,979 students, totalling $7,915,608 — an average of $4,347 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)