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# Louisiana Tech University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Louisiana Tech University?

Louisiana Tech University’s reported acceptance rate is 86.4%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
86.4%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Louisiana Tech University admits 86.4% of applicants, which is close to the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Louisiana Tech University students report?

Among enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half ran from 1,100 to 1,310. Among those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ran from 21 to 27.

These numbers come from recent enrolled test takers, not from admission minimums or score cutoffs. An applicant can weigh a personal SAT score against the 1,100 to 1,310 window.

An ACT score can be weighed against the 21 to 27 window. Either comparison shows where the result lands within the recent enrolled group.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Louisiana Tech University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1100

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1310

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
21

**75th percentile**
27

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Louisiana Tech University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
21.7%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
8.6%

**First-year retention**
82.2%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Louisiana Tech University enrolls 8,312 undergraduates in Ruston, Louisiana. 21.7% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 8.6% arrive as transfers or part-time students.

The campus is built around students who start as first-time freshmen, with a smaller share continuing coursework begun elsewhere. The Pell share points to a student body where federal grant aid is part of the picture for about one in five undergraduates.

Pell-eligible applicants can use the cost calculator to see an estimated grant-adjusted price.

First-year retention at Louisiana Tech University sits at 82.2%, and the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) for the first-time full-time cohort is 63.8%. Both measures land above the medians for comparable institutions, which are 73.7% and 49.1%.

Pell recipients in that same entering cohort complete at 54.1%, a rate that trails the overall figure by 9.7 percentage points.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).