Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Louisiana

Colleges with the Highest Retention Rates in Louisiana, ranked by first-year retention rate. Share of students returning after their first year. Four-year campus colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Four-year colleges with at least 500 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 24 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana92.5%14%1448$40k$63k86%7,7676 mi 2New Orleans Baptist Theological SeminaryNew Orleans, Louisiana92.0%——$11k—74%8652 mi 3Chamberlain University-LouisianaJefferson, Louisiana85.7%100%—$31k$92k—6224 mi 4Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana84.7%73%1285$19k$61k69%30,59447 mi 5Louisiana State University-ShreveportShreveport, Louisiana83.2%51%1090$7k$47k38%2,153169 mi 6Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, Louisiana82.2%86%1191$12k$52k64%8,312188 mi 7Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana80.1%93%—$24k$53k59%2,8126 mi 8Dillard UniversityNew Orleans, Louisiana78.0%42%1050$22k$39k43%1,0633 mi 9Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, Louisiana76.6%91%1090$13k$45k54%4,73729 mi 10University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana74.3%87%1219$14k$47k53%12,42826 mi 11University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, Louisiana72.8%85%1116$13k$47k54%5,022184 mi 12Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana72.5%99%1090$13k$46k45%9,51416 mi 13Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana71.7%69%1080$17k$52k49%2,6285 mi 14Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana70.9%93%1088$14k$47k43%5,519129 mi 15Centenary College of LouisianaShreveport, Louisiana70.2%56%1144$24k$50k56%685173 mi 16Louisiana State University at AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana69.5%92%1022$7k$42k34%5,63297 mi 17McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana68.4%78%1087$12k$46k47%5,00528 mi 18University of New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana66.8%74%1052$12k$48k38%4,6381 mi 19Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana66.1%45%943$20k$41k36%4,164187 mi 20Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton Rouge, Louisiana63.9%99%—$19k$59k45%82143 mi 21Southern University Law CenterBaton Rouge, Louisiana60.5%———$43k—60751 mi 22Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana60.3%35%942$20k$43k27%5,51951 mi 23Louisiana Christian UniversityPineville, Louisiana52.4%77%—$13k$52k44%672106 mi 24Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans, Louisiana52.0%79%944$15k$34k13%1,0551 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.