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Louisiana provides excellent opportunities for higher education. The Pelican State provides a large
network of public institutions, as well as many esteemed private colleges and universities.
Additionally, numerous community colleges exist in the state.
The University of Louisiana System is one of
the nation’s largest public systems of higher education. Eight universities are located throughout
the state, enrolling over 85,000 students and offering over 600 academic programs. The system members
are the University of Louisiana at Lafayette;
the University of Louisiana at Monroe;
Louisiana Tech University in Ruston;
Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond;
Northwestern State University in Natchitoches;
Grambling State University in Grambling;
McNeese State University in Lake Charles; and
Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.
The Louisiana State University (LSU)
System contains facilities or programs in each of the state’s 64 parishes. The university enrolls
over 30,000 students, and is one of only 25 universities in the nation boasting both land-grant and
sea-grant status. The system includes Louisiana State
University (LSU) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana State
University at Alexandria (LSUA), Louisiana State
University at Eunice (LSUE), Louisiana State
University at Shreveport (LSUS), the LSU Health
Sciences Center at New Orleans, the LSU
Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, and the University
of New Orleans.
The Southern University System is the only
historically black university system in the nation with an enrollment of over 15,000 students. The
System offers two-year, four-year, graduate, professional and doctoral degrees and includes
Southern University A&M College at Baton Rouge,
Southern University at New Orleans,
Southern University at Shreveport, and
Southern University Law Center at Baton Rouge.
Many independent colleges and universities highlight Louisiana’s higher education options.
Tulane University in New Orleans is
non-sectarian and is one of the nation’s leading educational and research institutions. Founded in
1834, Tulane offers a broad range of degrees in liberal arts and science, and enrolls over 10,000
students. Centenary College in Shreveport
enrolls over 1,000 students; founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of
the Mississippi River and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Dillard University in New Orleans is a private, historically black, comprehensive
undergraduate institution affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist
Church. Louisiana College in Pineville is the
only Baptist, four-year institution in Louisiana, with nearly 1,000 students enrolled. Loyola University in New Orleans offers 60 programs for undergraduate students, in
addition to graduate programs, and adheres to Jesuit traditions within its liberal arts education.
Private institutions with Catholic traditions include Our
Lady of Holy Cross College in New Orleans, with approximately 1,450 students enrolled;
Our Lady of the Lake College in Baton Rouge,
with over 2,000 students and a holistic approach to education; and Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, a historically black university
whose ultimate purpose is the promotion of a more just and humane society.
Numerous two-year public community and technical colleges reside in Louisiana. These include
Baton Rouge Community College,
Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City,
member colleges of the Louisiana
Community and Technical College System, Louisiana
Technical Colleges, Nunez Community College in
Chalmette, River Parishes Community College in
Sorrento, South Louisiana Community College in
Lafayette, and Sowela Technical Community College
in Lake Charles, among others.
Students of all ages can benefit from the many excellent schools in the Pelican State.
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