Public · University
Southern University Law Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Midsize city
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- Admit rate
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- Avg net price
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- Graduation rate
- $43,371
- Median earnings
Southern University Law Center is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 607 undergraduates. It is a Historically Black College or University (HBCU).
About Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. Baton Rouge has an extensive park collection presided over by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The largest park is City Park near the Louisiana State University flagship campus. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 5 miles to Baton Rouge, LA
- To the ocean
- 51 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Baton Rouge Metropolitan (BTR)
How Southern University Law Center compares
Higher than 14%
Higher than 20% · #22 of 28 in Louisiana
Lower than 5%
Lower than 8%
Larger than 25%
Percentiles compare Southern University Law Center with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Louisiana.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate60780%
- Graduate15220%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women38764%
- Men22036%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- Black95%
- Hispanic1.1%
- Other or multiracial3.3%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 607
- Graduate enrollment
- 152
- Student–faculty ratio
- 21 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
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- First-generation students
- 40%
- Students over 25
- 8%
- Median family income
- $23,466
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $78,777
- Endowment
- $2,468,736
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
- 60%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $33,033
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $43,371
- Median debt at graduation
- $29,251
- Students with federal loans
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- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 58%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $43,371
- Typical debt at graduation
- $29,251
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 67%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 49%
Typical debt would take roughly 6.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
The payoff is less clear-cut here — weigh the debt against the earnings and your intended field before borrowing heavily.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $6,595 (16%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 92°F
- Winter low
- 42°F
- Annual rain
- 61.9″
- Annual snow
- 0.2″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Baton Rouge Ryan AP, LA US station (3 mi from campus).
What Southern University Law Center graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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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.