unitid 160658 · Lafayette, LA · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
- enrollment 2023
- 16,788
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
59th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
12,428
77th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
76th pctl among public 4-years
completion
53%
finish within 150% time
64th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,884
63rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,530
after aid, aided students
56th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,089
after entry, Title IV students
41st pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,902
78th 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 $11,157 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
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k17%
- 48-75k15%
- 75-110k14%
- 110k+20%
- Median family income
- $41,648
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,418
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 357 | $72,380 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 335 | $41,481 | $27,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 326 | $87,367 | $27,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 136 | $45,269 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 121 | $48,548 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 117 | $49,147 | $23,250 |
| Biology, General. | 103 | $57,937 | $21,500 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 96 | $90,611 | $22,175 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 90 | $44,770 | $24,502 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 70 | $50,908 | $26,400 |
| Computer Science. | 64 | $93,766 | $23,000 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 63 | $41,971 | $24,725 |
— 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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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.