unitid 159647 · Ruston, LA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Louisiana Tech University
- enrollment 2023
- 12,303
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
86%
56th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
8,312
67th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
21st pctl among public 4-years
completion
64%
finish within 150% time
82nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,280
60th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$11,864
after aid, aided students
43rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$52,279
after entry, Title IV students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,135
73rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,676 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k29%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $45,710
- First-generation students
- 31%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,125
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology, General. | 119 | $47,164 | $22,917 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 109 | $117,462 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 82 | $72,292 | $21,192 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 78 | $52,803 | $25,031 |
| Psychology, General. | 70 | $47,632 | $22,750 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 70 | — | $21,500 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 69 | — | $30,693 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 68 | $86,794 | $26,400 |
| Computer Science. | 55 | — | $22,875 |
| Marketing. | 52 | — | $21,335 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 47 | $63,449 | $22,000 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician. | 45 | — | $21,750 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.