Admissions & selectivity
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at University of Louisiana at Lafayette?
University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s reported acceptance rate is 87.0%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 87.0%
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
A broad share of the reported applicant group was admitted by University of Louisiana at Lafayette: 87.0%. That rate is above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
What SAT and ACT scores do University of Louisiana at Lafayette students report?
The academic profile at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is best read as context from enrolled students who submitted test scores, not as a set of admission minimums. Applicants considering submitted SAT scores can use the university's 1,120 to 1,240 range, which covers the middle half of enrolled SAT submitters.
For ACT scores, applicants can use the 23 to 28 range, the corresponding span among enrolled ACT submitters. These ranges do not describe every member of the entering class, since they apply only to students who submitted each test.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
- Approximate lower endpoint
- 1120
- Approximate upper endpoint
- 1240
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.
- 25th percentile
- 23
- 75th percentile
- 28
Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Figures cover fall 2024.
Who enrolls at University of Louisiana at Lafayette?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41.5%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 16.9%
- First-year retention
- 74.3%
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.
At University of Louisiana at Lafayette, federal grant aid and transfer entry are both visible parts of the undergraduate mix. 41.5% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a financial-access measure, and an estimated 16.9% enter as transfers or part-time students.
Undergraduate enrollment is 12,428; these figures describe a campus with more than one route into degree study rather than a single entry pattern. The figures describe enrollment composition, not admission priorities or any applicant's odds.
The first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants is 74.3%, against a median of 83.1% for comparable institutions. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 52.6%, compared to a peer median of 65.0%.
Pell recipients in that cohort complete at 51.7%, 0.9 percentage points below the overall rate. A student who enrolls should expect a campus where Pell students finish at nearly the same rate as everyone else. Overall persistence and completion run behind comparable institutions.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.
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