Colleges in Louisiana
116 degree-granting institutions in Louisiana (LA). Median net price $14,810. Median graduation rate 56.8%. Compare cost, outcomes, admission rates, and program mix using official U.S. College Scorecard data.
Median net price
$14,810
Median grad rate
56.8%
Median admission rate
78%
Median size
230
Most affordable colleges in Louisiana
Lowest median net price after grant aid.
Highest graduation rates in Louisiana
Share of students completing a degree on time.
Colleges by city
Cities in Louisiana with 3 or more institutions.
| School | State | Type | Net price | Grad rate | Admission | Size | Data | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Interactive Entertainment Lafayette, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $32,888 | 100.0% | 43% | 89 | Partial | |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $22,518 | 64.2% | Not available | 175 | Partial | |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington Covington, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,742 | 79.9% | Not available | 2,078 | Partial | |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,777 | 0.0% | Not available | 144 | Partial | |
| Avery James College Lake Charles, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,360 | 28.6% | Not available | 78 | Partial | |
| Ayers Career College Shreveport, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,439 | 67.6% | Not available | 256 | Partial | |
| Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $9,474 | 31.0% | Not available | 8,362 | Partial | |
| Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 135 | Partial | |
| Belbo Beauty Institute Shreveport, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,901 | 77.8% | Not available | 84 | Partial | |
| Blalock's Professional Beauty College Shreveport, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,977 | 83.3% | Not available | 32 | Partial | |
| Blue Cliff College Metairie, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Blue Cliff College-Alexandria Alexandria, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $16,253 | 34.0% | Not available | 345 | Partial | |
| Blue Cliff College-Lafayette Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,773 | 50.0% | Not available | 62 | Partial | |
| Blue Cliff College-Metairie Metairie, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,863 | 56.5% | Not available | 291 | Partial | |
| Bos-Man's Barber College Shreveport, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,717 | 57.1% | 100% | 56 | Partial | |
| Bossier Parish Community College Bossier City, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $10,706 | 15.2% | Not available | 4,935 | Partial | |
| Bridges Christian College New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $10,273 | Not available | Not available | 163 | Partial | |
| Celebrity Barber School Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $18,503 | 100.0% | Not available | 20 | Partial | |
| Celebrity Stylist Beauty School Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,793 | 100.0% | Not available | 51 | Partial | |
| Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $23,624 | 56.2% | 56% | 685 | Complete | |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College Alexandria, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $5,702 | 69.9% | Not available | 1,078 | Partial | |
| Chamberlain University-Louisiana Jefferson, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 4-year | $30,791 | Not available | 100% | 622 | Complete | |
| Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $3,224 | 57.1% | Not available | 35 | Partial | |
| Cloyd's Beauty School 1 Inc West Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $4,430 | 58.3% | Not available | 48 | Partial | |
| Cloyd's Beauty School 3 Inc Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $4,970 | 62.8% | Not available | 93 | Partial | |
| Compass Career College Hammond, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,610 | 59.4% | Not available | 194 | Partial | |
| Cosmetology Training Center Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $12,130 | 83.3% | Not available | 125 | Partial | |
| Crescent City Bartending School New Orleans, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,311 | 89.4% | Not available | 570 | Partial | |
| Delgado Community College New Orleans, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $9,747 | 23.8% | Not available | 11,668 | Partial | |
| Delta College Inc Covington, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,128 | 71.0% | Not available | 155 | Partial | |
| Delta College of Arts & Technology Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $19,789 | 65.1% | Not available | 326 | Partial | |
| Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,578 | 56.1% | Not available | 189 | Partial | |
| Delta College-Slidell Campus Slidell, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,888 | 62.5% | Not available | 162 | Partial | |
| Denham Springs Beauty School Denham Springs, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,649 | 60.0% | Not available | 89 | Partial | |
| Diesel Driving Academy-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,183 | 74.7% | Not available | 282 | Partial | |
| Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport Shreveport, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,587 | 72.9% | Not available | 191 | Partial | |
| Digital Media Institute Shreveport, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $30,205 | 64.9% | 26% | 7 | Partial | |
| Dillard University New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $22,094 | 43.3% | 42% | 1,063 | Complete | |
| Fletcher Technical Community College Schriever, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $10,527 | 30.2% | Not available | 2,136 | Partial | |
| Fortis College-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $25,781 | 50.4% | Not available | 482 | Partial | |
| Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $18,552 | 45.5% | 99% | 821 | Complete | |
| Grambling State University Grambling, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $19,809 | 36.2% | 45% | 4,164 | Complete | |
| Healthcare Training Institute Kenner, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $24,811 | 29.0% | Not available | 94 | Partial | |
| Herzing University-New Orleans Metairie, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $21,269 | 15.4% | 92% | 346 | Complete | |
| Infinity College Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $230 | 84.8% | Not available | 179 | Partial | |
| ITI Technical College Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $20,850 | 58.8% | Not available | 555 | Partial | |
| J's Barber College New Iberia, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $17,137 | 56.5% | Not available | 26 | Partial | |
| John Jay Beauty College Kenner, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $5,683 | 90.0% | Not available | 81 | Partial | |
| LaSalle Tech Houma, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,559 | 88.1% | Not available | 193 | Partial | |
| Louisiana Academy of Beauty Eunice, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | 100.0% | Not available | 16 | Partial | |
| Louisiana Christian University Pineville, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $13,113 | 43.9% | 77% | 672 | Complete | |
| Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $28,869 | 72.5% | 38% | 77 | Complete | |
| Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $7,702 | 30.3% | Not available | 3,057 | Partial | |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $19,151 | 68.8% | 73% | 30,594 | Complete | |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 862 | Partial | |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport Shreveport, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | 21 | Partial | |
| Louisiana State University-Alexandria Alexandria, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $7,065 | 34.2% | 92% | 5,632 | Complete | |
| Louisiana State University-Eunice Eunice, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $10,421 | 19.0% | Not available | 2,826 | Partial | |
| Louisiana State University-Shreveport Shreveport, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $7,022 | 37.5% | 51% | 2,153 | Complete | |
| Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $11,864 | 63.8% | 86% | 8,312 | Complete | |
| Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $23,696 | 59.0% | 93% | 2,812 | Complete | |
| McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $12,493 | 47.0% | 78% | 5,005 | Complete | |
| Medical Training College Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,331 | 58.1% | Not available | 164 | Partial | |
| Miller-Motte College-McCann-Monroe Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, 2-year | $20,773 | 18.8% | Not available | 8 | Partial | |
| My Le's Beauty College Gretna, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,880 | 85.5% | Not available | 110 | Partial | |
| NationsUniversity New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 12% | 595 | Partial | |
| New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $10,829 | 73.9% | Not available | 865 | Partial | |
| New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, <2-year | Not available | 74.5% | 78% | 36 | Partial | |
| Nicholls State University Thibodaux, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $12,947 | 53.8% | 91% | 4,737 | Complete | |
| Northshore Technical Community College Lacombe, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $10,773 | 40.3% | Not available | 2,505 | Partial | |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College Minden, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $9,256 | 77.4% | Not available | 866 | Partial | |
| Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $13,606 | 43.2% | 93% | 5,519 | Complete | |
| Nunez Community College Chalmette, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $12,529 | 27.3% | Not available | 1,520 | Partial | |
| Omega Institute of Cosmetology Houma, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $8,706 | 96.9% | Not available | 55 | Partial | |
| Opelousas School of Cosmetology Opelousas, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $13,081 | 80.0% | Not available | 37 | Partial | |
| Park Place Premier Barber School New Orleans, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $14,532 | 60.0% | Not available | 32 | Partial | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,488 | 75.0% | Not available | 249 | Partial | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-New Orleans Metairie, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $25,729 | 76.5% | Not available | 185 | Partial | |
| Petra College Hammond, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | Not available | 100% | 31 | Partial | |
| Pineville Beauty School Pineville, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $9,312 | 71.4% | Not available | 45 | Partial | |
| Ray J's College of Hair Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $8,470 | 83.3% | Not available | 41 | Partial | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Relay Graduate School of Education - New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available | Missing | |
| Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $23,003 | 40.5% | Not available | 210 | Partial | |
| Remington College-Lafayette Campus Lafayette, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 2-year | $29,592 | 42.1% | Not available | 230 | Partial | |
| Remington College-Shreveport Campus Shreveport, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $30,758 | 33.0% | Not available | 315 | Complete | |
| River Parishes Community College Gonzales, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $10,756 | 29.6% | Not available | 1,880 | Partial | |
| Saint Joseph Seminary College St. Benedict, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $45,460 | 47.8% | Not available | 93 | Complete | |
| South Louisiana Community College Lafayette, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $12,564 | 30.4% | Not available | 5,035 | Partial | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $13,154 | 45.4% | 99% | 9,514 | Complete | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University - Albert Cammon Middle School St. Rose, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 99% | Not available | Partial | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University - Destrahan High School Destrehan, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 99% | Not available | Partial | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University - EBR Parish School System Prof Dev Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 99% | Not available | Partial | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University - St Amant High School St Amant, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 99% | Not available | Partial | |
| Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $20,077 | 27.1% | 35% | 5,519 | Complete | |
| Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $14,810 | 13.1% | 79% | 1,055 | Complete | |
| Southern University at Shreveport Shreveport, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $11,049 | 10.5% | Not available | 1,910 | Partial | |
| Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 35% | 607 | Partial | |
| SOWELA Technical Community College Lake Charles, LA | LA | Public, 2-year | $7,525 | 42.7% | Not available | 2,966 | Partial | |
| Stage One-The Hair School Lake Charles, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $11,916 | 72.4% | Not available | 66 | Partial | |
| Stevensons Academy of Hair Design New Orleans, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $3,440 | 0.0% | Not available | 112 | Partial | |
| The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | Not available | Not available | 43% | Not available | Partial | |
| Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $39,949 | 86.1% | 14% | 7,767 | Complete | |
| Unitech Training Academy-Alexandria Alexandria, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $20,201 | 54.9% | Not available | 86 | Partial | |
| Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $21,757 | 50.0% | Not available | 72 | Partial | |
| Unitech Training Academy-Houma Houma, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $19,506 | 57.2% | Not available | 47 | Partial | |
| Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette Lafayette, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,394 | 55.1% | Not available | 229 | Partial | |
| Unitech Training Academy-New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $24,098 | 42.2% | Not available | 49 | Partial | |
| Unitech Training Academy-West Monroe West Monroe, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $23,963 | 58.8% | Not available | 81 | Partial | |
| University of Holy Cross New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $15,635 | 48.6% | 74% | 471 | Complete | |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $13,530 | 52.6% | 87% | 12,428 | Complete | |
| University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $13,466 | 54.2% | 85% | 5,022 | Complete | |
| University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | LA | Public, 4-year | $12,384 | 38.0% | 74% | 4,638 | Complete | |
| VH Barber & Styling Academy Bossier City, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | $35,077 | 100.0% | Not available | 27 | Partial | |
| Williams Technical College Houma, LA | LA | Private for-profit, <2-year | Not available | 84.7% | Not available | 28 | Partial | |
| Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA | LA | Private nonprofit, 4-year | $17,127 | 48.5% | 69% | 2,628 | Complete |
Frequently asked questions
How many colleges are there in Louisiana?
Louisiana has 116 degree-granting institutions tracked by the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, spanning public, private nonprofit, and for-profit schools.
What is the average cost of college in Louisiana?
The median net price across Louisiana colleges is $14,810 per year. Net price is what a typical student pays after grant aid and scholarships — a much better number than sticker price.
Which Louisiana colleges have the highest graduation rates?
The top performers by graduation rate include Academy of Interactive Entertainment (100.0%), Celebrity Barber School (100.0%), Celebrity Stylist Beauty School (100.0%). Sort the table by graduation rate to see the full ranking.
Is the data on this page up to date?
Yes. All figures come from the latest College Scorecard release published by the U.S. Department of Education.