unitid 160621 · Baton Rouge, LA · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Southern University and A & M College
- enrollment 2023
- 9,214
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
35%
4th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,519
54th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
68%
undergrads on Pell grants
96th pctl among public 4-years
completion
27%
finish within 150% time
14th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,341
71st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$20,077
after aid, aided students
91st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,371
after entry, Title IV students
28th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$29,251
99th 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 $19,047 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
- 0-30k56%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k11%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $23,466
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,922
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.5× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law. | 184 | $74,244 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 80 | $81,687 | $39,678 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 75 | $40,654 | $31,000 |
| Computer Science. | 69 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 50 | $69,272 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 42 | $39,279 | $31,000 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 40 | $38,700 | $43,250 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | 40 | $42,345 | $38,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 37 | $37,100 | $35,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 30 | $51,573 | $31,000 |
| Agriculture, General. | 28 | — | $28,250 |
| Public Policy Analysis. | 26 | — | — |
— 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.