Private for-profit · Community college
Petra College
Hammond, Louisiana · Small city
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Petra College is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Hammond, Louisiana (small city setting), enrolling 31 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Hammond, Louisiana
Hammond is the largest city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States, located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 45 miles (72 km) northwest of New Orleans. Peter, a sailor, had been briefly imprisoned by the British at Dartmoor Prison during the Napoleonic Wars. He escaped during a prison riot, made his way back to sea, and later reached New Orleans. The Greater St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church is listed on The National Register of Historic Places. The church was formed in 1867 by pastor Charles Daggs. Daggs was a former slave who served with the Union navy during the American Civil War. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 42 miles to Baton Rouge, LA
- To the ocean
- 17 miles
- Nearest airport
- 38 miles to Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY) · major hub
How Petra College compares
More selective than 10% · #6 most selective of 7 in Louisiana
Higher than 95%
Lower than 18%
Larger than 7%
Percentiles compare Petra College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.
Student body
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black100%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 31
- Student–faculty ratio
- 23 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 0%
- First-generation students
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- Students over 25
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Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
- 100%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
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- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 38°F
- Annual rain
- 64.2″
- Annual snow
- 0.1″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Hammond 5 E, LA US station (6.3 mi from campus).
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.