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# Southeastern Louisiana University Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated October 1, 2026

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

Southeastern Louisiana University’s reported acceptance rate is 99.3%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
99.3%

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

Southeastern Louisiana University admits 99.3% of applicants. The median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size) is below the university's rate. A rate this high means the university serves a wide range of applicants.

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

Among enrolled students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored between 18 and 24. These are the twenty-fifth and seventy-fifth percentiles of score submitters, not admission cutoffs.

The range describes the enrolled students who chose to submit scores. It gives an applicant a way to see where their own results sit against recent score submitters at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Applicants can compare their ACT results with the university's own 18 to 24 range, keeping in mind that the figures describe enrolled submitters rather than a minimum for admission.

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

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
18

**75th percentile**
24

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

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Southeastern Louisiana University?

**Pell Grant recipients**
33.3%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
41.1%

**First-year retention**
72.5%

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.

Southeastern Louisiana University is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana, enrolling 9,514 undergraduates. 33.3% of them receive Pell Grants, and an estimated 41.1% arrive as transfers or part-time students.

The student body draws from multiple entry points: a large share of students begin their coursework elsewhere, and a substantial portion use federal grant aid. That suggests a campus where the traditional first-time, full-time path is one route among several.

For first-time, full-time students, the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 45.4%, which sits below the median of 49.1% for comparable institutions. First-year retention is 72.5%, close to the peer median of 73.7%.

Pell Grant recipients in the same entering cohort complete at 37.7%, which is 7.7 percentage points below the overall rate. The gap is measurable, and students who arrive with Pell Grants are less likely to finish than their classmates.

Enrolled students can expect a campus where finishing is not the norm for most. The path from the first year to a degree is one the data suggests many do not complete.

## 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/).