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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.
Louisiana Christian University, has the highest yield rate of 43.26% for academic year 2024-2025 in Louisiana. Tulane University of Louisiana is positioned second with 40.32% yield and Southeastern Louisiana University follows them with 39%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Louisiana.
Most Favored Louisiana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Louisiana Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPineville, LA
43.26% 548 423 183 77.19%
2Tulane University of Louisiana
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew Orleans, LA
40.32% 32,609 4,559 1,838 13.98%
3Southeastern Louisiana University
Public, four-yearsHammond, LA
38.76% 6,255 6,212 2,408 99.31%
4McNeese State University
Public, four-yearsLake Charles, LA
38.18% 3,902 3,054 1,166 78.27%
5Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Public, four-yearsNatchitoches, LA
37.38% 3,015 2,790 1,043 92.54%
6Nicholls State University
Public, four-yearsThibodaux, LA
35.37% 3,369 3,059 1,082 90.80%
7University of Louisiana at Monroe
Public, four-yearsMonroe, LA
35.06% 4,224 3,580 1,255 84.75%
8Louisiana Tech University
Public, four-yearsRuston, LA
33.44% 8,491 7,336 2,453 86.40%
9University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Public, four-yearsLafayette, LA
31.73% 11,099 9,657 3,064 87.01%
10Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Public, four-yearsShreveport, LA
31.48% 1,917 969 305 50.55%