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Southeastern Louisiana University Overview

Located in Hammond, Louisiana, Southeastern Louisiana University is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Southeastern Louisiana University Known For?

1,786 Undergraduate Awards
$27,301 Avg Cost After Aid
97% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at Southeastern is the doctor's degree.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 82% of the faculty were full-time.

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Southeastern Louisiana University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Southeastern.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#14 Most Popular Industrial Production Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#39 Most Popular Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#39 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#49 Most Popular Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#105 Most Popular Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#112 Most Popular Health & Physical Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#129 Most Popular Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#152 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#155 Most Popular Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It
#209 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Southeastern has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#7 Best Engineering Technologies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#16 Best Industrial Production Technology Associate Degree Schools College Factual
#82 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#95 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#106 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges for Veterans College Factual
#205 Best Health Professions Colleges for Veterans College Factual

Where Is Southeastern Louisiana University?

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Contact details for Southeastern are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 548 Ned Mcgehee Ave., Hammond, LA 70402
Phone: 985-549-2000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southeastern
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oursoutheastern

How Do I Get Into Southeastern?

You can apply to Southeastern online at: www.southeastern.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Southeastern

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores required
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Southeastern?

97% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
0% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 97%, Southeastern is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 97%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to Southeastern submitted their SAT scores.Southeastern received ACT scores from 99% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 23. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

ACT English Scores for Southeastern Louisiana University  ( 19 to 25 )
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ACT Math Scores for Southeastern Louisiana University  ( 17 to 23 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Southeastern Louisiana University  ( 19 to 24 )
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36

Can I Afford Southeastern Louisiana University?

$27,301 Net Price
47% Take Out Loans
11.9% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Southeastern is $27,301. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southeastern, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $5,359 a year. That adds up to $21,436 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Southeastern is 11.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Southeastern Louisiana University Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,383 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 13,456 undergraduate students at Southeastern, with 9,383 being full-time and 4,073 being part-time.

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There are also 970 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,383 full-time undergraduates at Southeastern, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southeastern Louisiana University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 74
Black or African American 1,979
Hispanic or Latino 615
White 6,137
International Students 110
Other Races/Ethnicities 468

Geographic Diversity

Louisiana students aren't the only ones who study at Southeastern Louisiana University. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at Southeastern. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Panama, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Southeastern Louisiana University

701 Took All Classes Online
5,708 Took At Least One Class Online
10.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 2 bachelor’s degree and 1 master’s degree programs available online at Southeastern. In 2019-2020, 5,708 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southeastern has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 18th most popular in Louisiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Southeastern

The following table shows how Southeastern is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Health Sciences & Services #23 #29

Online Growth Rankings of Southeastern

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Southeastern Louisiana University was 10.0%. This is the #1,394 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southeastern regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Southeastern majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Education 9%
Educational Administration 39%
Health Professions 2%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Southeastern ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Southeastern.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Health Sciences & Services #129
Educational Administration #407

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Southeastern Louisiana University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 186 0 59 0 245
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 225 0 0 0 225
Nursing 0 152 8 30 10 200
Health & Physical Education 0 121 0 26 0 147
General Biology 0 105 0 10 0 115
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 91 0 0 0 91
General Psychology 0 81 0 6 0 87
Communication Sciences 0 42 0 35 0 77
Accounting 0 76 0 0 0 76
Marketing 0 74 0 0 0 74
Educational Administration 0 0 0 61 9 70
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 69 0 0 0 69
Industrial Production Technology 12 53 0 0 0 65
Fine & Studio Arts 0 45 0 0 0 45
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 43 0 0 0 43
Computer Science 0 42 0 0 0 42
Public Health 0 39 0 0 0 39
Social Work 0 38 0 0 0 38
Communication & Media Studies 0 34 0 0 0 34
General English Literature 0 21 0 13 0 34
Quality Control Technology 0 31 0 0 0 31
Music 0 23 0 8 0 31
History 0 21 0 8 0 29
Finance & Financial Management 0 27 0 0 0 27
Student Counseling 0 0 0 24 0 24
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 24 0 0 0 24
Political Science & Government 0 22 0 0 0 22
Sociology 0 14 0 8 0 22
General Engineering Technology 0 20 0 0 0 20
Computer Information Systems 0 18 0 0 0 18
Special Education 0 0 0 15 0 15
Romance Languages 0 10 0 0 0 10
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 9 0 9
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 8 0 8
Allied Health Professions 0 7 0 0 0 7
Mathematics 0 7 0 0 0 7
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 5 0 5
Chemistry 0 5 0 0 0 5
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 3 0 0 0 3
Other Health Professions 0 3 0 0 0 3
Physics 0 2 0 0 0 2
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 1,774 8 325 19 2,138

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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