unitid 159717 · Lake Charles, LA · public 4-year · city (small)
McNeese State University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,921
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
78%
41st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,005
50th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
58th pctl among public 4-years
completion
47%
finish within 150% time
52nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$22,810
52nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,493
after aid, aided students
48th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$46,453
after entry, Title IV students
39th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$23,000
79th 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 $10,482 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
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $35,342
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,489
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 156 | $41,559 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 131 | $72,067 | $26,100 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 93 | $49,396 | $25,466 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 70 | $44,155 | $19,014 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 58 | $40,109 | $17,125 |
| Psychology, General. | 58 | $43,040 | $25,000 |
| Agriculture, General. | 50 | $52,104 | $19,500 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 50 | $122,089 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 44 | $40,540 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 42 | $58,995 | $20,869 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 38 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 35 | $50,857 | $20,500 |
— 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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- net
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.