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Most Favored Louisiana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Louisiana. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Tulane University of Louisiana, has the highest yield rate of 50.90% for academic year 2022-2023 in Louisiana. Southeastern Louisiana University is positioned second with 48.94% yield and Nicholls State University follows them with 43%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Louisiana.
Most Favored Louisiana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Tulane University of Louisiana
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Orleans, LA
50.90% 31,615 3,621 1,843 11.45%
2Southeastern Louisiana University
Public, four-yearsHammond, LA
48.94% 4,887 4,837 2,367 98.98%
3Nicholls State University
Public, four-yearsThibodaux, LA
43.14% 2,289 2,253 972 98.43%
4McNeese State University
Public, four-yearsLake Charles, LA
41.63% 3,554 2,532 1,054 71.24%
5Louisiana Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPineville, LA
41.20% 579 432 178 74.61%
6Louisiana Tech University
Public, four-yearsRuston, LA
37.41% 7,595 4,737 1,772 62.37%
7Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Public, four-yearsNatchitoches, LA
35.88% 2,903 2,843 1,020 97.93%
8Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Public, four-yearsShreveport, LA
35.33% 974 866 306 88.91%
9University of Louisiana at Monroe
Public, four-yearsMonroe, LA
33.74% 4,303 3,017 1,018 70.11%
10University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Public, four-yearsLafayette, LA
32.93% 11,752 8,762 2,885 74.56%