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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Hammond, LA
Population 160,000
Website http://www.selu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,649 (58%)
Days Without Precipitation 246 (48%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,682
Men / Women 39% / 61%
From State 98%
From Region 1%
Athletes 5.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 65%
Black 19%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 4%
International 3%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2012 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2013 Men: 40.0% 40.0% 2014 Men: 38.8% 38.8% 2015 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2016 Men: 38.1% 38.1% 2017 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2018 Men: 38.5% 38.5% 2019 Men: 38.7% 38.7% 2020 Men: 36.5% 36.5% 2021 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2022 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2023 Men: 39.1% 39.1% 2024 Men: 39.4% 39.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2012 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2017 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 Black: 16.5% 16.5% 2012 Black: 18.6% 18.6% 2013 Black: 18.7% 18.7% 2014 Black: 18.7% 18.7% 2015 Black: 17.9% 17.9% 2016 Black: 15.6% 15.6% 2017 Black: 8.9% 8.9% 2018 Black: 18.9% 18.9% 2019 Black: 19.0% 19.0% 2020 Black: 20.0% 20.0% 2021 Black: 22.4% 22.4% 2022 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2023 Black: 21.9% 21.9% 2024 Black: 22.3% 22.3% 2011 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1% 2012 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2013 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2014 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2015 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2018 Hispanic: 7.5% 7.5% 2019 Hispanic: 7.2% 7.2% 2020 Hispanic: 8.1% 8.1% 2021 Hispanic: 8.2% 8.2% 2022 Hispanic: 7.0% 7.0% 2023 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2024 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2011 White: 75.8% 75.8% 2012 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2013 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2014 White: 73.3% 73.3% 2015 White: 73.8% 73.8% 2016 White: 76.8% 76.8% 2017 White: 74.0% 74.0% 2018 White: 58.8% 58.8% 2019 White: 65.4% 65.4% 2020 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2021 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2022 White: 62.4% 62.4% 2023 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2024 White: 66.0% 66.0% 2011 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2013 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2016 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2017 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2018 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2019 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2023 International: 3.1% 3.1% 2024 International: 0.6% 0.6%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2024 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2025 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Black: 20.9% 20.9% 2021 Black: 21.2% 21.2% 2022 Black: 18.6% 18.6% 2023 Black: 17.9% 17.9% 2024 Black: 19.1% 19.1% 2025 Black: 19.5% 19.5% 2020 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2021 Hispanic: 6.6% 6.6% 2022 Hispanic: 6.8% 6.8% 2023 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2024 Hispanic: 6.9% 6.9% 2025 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2020 White: 64.3% 64.3% 2021 White: 65.2% 65.2% 2022 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2023 White: 68.1% 68.1% 2024 White: 65.8% 65.8% 2025 White: 65.4% 65.4% 2020 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 International: 2.6% 2.6%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Southeastern Louisiana University 1,704 36% / 64% 2% $60,366 66 93%
Computer Science 27 — 89% / 11% 11% $95,956 97 96%
Information Technology 32 — 81% / 19% 9% $102,896 98 100%
Chemistry 6 — 33% / 67% 33% $57,375 59 —
Mathematics 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $59,965 65 —
Physics 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $65,373 75 —
Biology 92 — 22% / 78% 4% $53,929 51 93%
Athletic Training — — — — $53,419 50 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 27 — 4% / 96% 0% $62,481 70 90%
Exercise Science 85 — 38% / 62% 0% $50,971 42 100%
Health Sciences 41 — 17% / 83% 0% $62,156 69 —
Nursing 162 — 10% / 90% 1% $90,912 95 98%
Occupational Safety and Health 12 — 75% / 25% 0% $95,844 97 94%
Public Health Education and Promotion — — — — $58,986 63 —
Accounting 65 +1 42% / 58% 8% $67,179 77 94%
Business Administration 175 — 55% / 45% 1% $57,137 59 93%
Finance 32 — 66% / 34% 3% $82,368 90 89%
Health Administration 25 — 12% / 88% 0% $58,986 63 83%
Logistics 19 — 68% / 32% 0% $57,137 59 93%
Marketing 72 — 29% / 71% 0% $55,233 54 89%
Sports Management 16 — 88% / 12% 0% $50,971 42 100%
Communication 48 — 46% / 54% 2% $50,069 40 94%
English 17 — 24% / 76% 6% $37,045 9 82%
Family and Consumer Sciences 33 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,074 22 90%
Foreign Languages 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $49,945 39 —
General Studies 209 — 37% / 63% 1% $50,765 42 89%
History 20 — 45% / 55% 0% $43,050 19 93%
Political Science 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $35,362 7 94%
Psychology 106 — 15% / 85% 0% $44,643 24 93%
Social Work 35 — 17% / 83% 0% $51,484 44 93%
Sociology 10 — 40% / 60% 0% $45,304 26 —
Early Childhood Education 40 — 0% / 100% 2% $51,594 44 96%
Elementary Education 20 — 5% / 95% 0% $51,594 44 96%
English Education 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $52,364 46 96%
Middle School Education 13 — 15% / 85% 0% $51,594 44 96%
Physical Education 8 — 62% / 38% 0% $52,364 46 96%
Social Studies Education 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $52,364 46 96%
Art 47 — 23% / 77% 0% $39,115 12 85%
Music Performance 14 — 71% / 29% 0% $44,107 22 95%
Criminal Justice 90 — 37% / 63% 0% $56,050 56 97%
Engineering Technology 40 — 85% / 15% 2% $104,082 98 100%
Industrial Technology 28 — 75% / 25% 4% $76,693 86 92%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,797
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,183
Est. In-State Cost $11,380
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,696
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 72%
4-Year Graduation Rate 26%
6-Year Graduation Rate 45%
Transfer-Out Rate 31%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 33.4% 33.4% 2012 Graduated: 34.3% 34.3% 2013 Graduated: 35.8% 35.8% 2014 Graduated: 37.2% 37.2% 2015 Graduated: 37.8% 37.8% 2016 Graduated: 39.9% 39.9% 2017 Graduated: 41.4% 41.4% 2018 Graduated: 39.6% 39.6% 2019 Graduated: 39.4% 39.4% 2020 Graduated: 40.1% 40.1% 2021 Graduated: 37.6% 37.6% 2022 Graduated: 43.8% 43.8% 2023 Graduated: 44.8% 44.8% 2024 Graduated: 45.4% 45.4%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 26.5% 26.5% 2012 Men: 29.9% 29.9% 2013 Men: 29.5% 29.5% 2014 Men: 32.0% 32.0% 2015 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2016 Men: 33.1% 33.1% 2017 Men: 33.5% 33.5% 2018 Men: 34.6% 34.6% 2019 Men: 32.5% 32.5% 2020 Men: 36.3% 36.3% 2021 Men: 32.5% 32.5% 2022 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2023 Men: 37.4% 37.4% 2024 Men: 37.1% 37.1% 2011 Women: 37.5% 37.5% 2012 Women: 37.2% 37.2% 2013 Women: 40.4% 40.4% 2014 Women: 40.9% 40.9% 2015 Women: 40.8% 40.8% 2016 Women: 44.7% 44.7% 2017 Women: 47.1% 47.1% 2018 Women: 43.0% 43.0% 2019 Women: 44.0% 44.0% 2020 Women: 42.5% 42.5% 2021 Women: 41.0% 41.0% 2022 Women: 48.1% 48.1% 2023 Women: 49.5% 49.5% 2024 Women: 51.0% 51.0%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 24.5% 24.5% 2012 Black: 29.6% 29.6% 2013 Black: 25.2% 25.2% 2014 Black: 26.4% 26.4% 2015 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2016 Black: 31.8% 31.8% 2017 Black: 34.5% 34.5% 2018 Black: 25.1% 25.1% 2019 Black: 26.9% 26.9% 2020 Black: 26.5% 26.5% 2021 Black: 27.4% 27.4% 2022 Black: 33.1% 33.1% 2023 Black: 34.8% 34.8% 2024 Black: 32.0% 32.0% 2011 Hispanic: 37.0% 37.0% 2012 Hispanic: 31.1% 31.1% 2013 Hispanic: 46.4% 46.4% 2014 Hispanic: 36.5% 36.5% 2015 Hispanic: 27.9% 27.9% 2016 Hispanic: 37.2% 37.2% 2017 Hispanic: 34.4% 34.4% 2018 Hispanic: 41.5% 41.5% 2019 Hispanic: 42.1% 42.1% 2020 Hispanic: 39.3% 39.3% 2021 Hispanic: 30.7% 30.7% 2022 Hispanic: 41.4% 41.4% 2023 Hispanic: 45.5% 45.5% 2024 Hispanic: 42.3% 42.3% 2011 White: 35.4% 35.4% 2012 White: 35.2% 35.2% 2013 White: 38.4% 38.4% 2014 White: 39.8% 39.8% 2015 White: 39.8% 39.8% 2016 White: 41.4% 41.4% 2017 White: 42.1% 42.1% 2018 White: 42.7% 42.7% 2019 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2020 White: 43.7% 43.7% 2021 White: 41.9% 41.9% 2022 White: 48.3% 48.3% 2023 White: 48.1% 48.1% 2024 White: 50.4% 50.4% 2011 International: 69.6% 69.6% 2012 International: 57.1% 57.1% 2013 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2014 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2015 International: 52.6% 52.6% 2016 International: 43.8% 43.8% 2017 International: 57.6% 57.6% 2018 International: 58.1% 58.1% 2019 International: 52.9% 52.9% 2020 International: 85.3% 85.3% 2021 International: 70.6% 70.6% 2022 International: 63.6% 63.6% 2023 International: 60.6% 60.6% 2024 International: 76.9% 76.9%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 28.8% 491 30% / 70% 1% $47,758 33 91%
Business & Economics 23.7% 404 49% / 51% 2% $60,282 66 92%
Health Sciences 19.2% 327 20% / 80% 0% $74,758 85 97%
Professional 9.3% 158 56% / 44% 1% $71,868 82 97%
Education 5.5% 93 14% / 86% 1% $51,760 45 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.4% 92 22% / 78% 4% $53,929 51 93%
Arts 3.6% 61 34% / 66% 0% $40,261 14 88%
Computer Science 3.5% 59 85% / 15% 10% $99,720 97 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.1% 19 37% / 63% 11% $60,286 66 —

Research R3

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $3.3M #216 27% $2.2M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.9M #366 21% $0.4M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.6M #235 26% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.3M #423 57% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.2M #361 74% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $0.1M #356 77% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.1M #388 41% $0 — — — —
Education $0.0M #451 0% $0 8 #353 — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.6M #374 30% $2.7M 8 #493 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 92%
Yield (Unbound) 38%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 92% 92% 92%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 43.1% 43.1% 2012 Acceptance: 45.6% 45.6% 2013 Acceptance: 44.8% 44.8% 2014 Acceptance: 83.7% 83.7% 2015 Acceptance: 88.0% 88.0% 2016 Acceptance: 87.3% 87.3% 2017 Acceptance: 88.3% 88.3% 2018 Acceptance: 89.6% 89.6% 2019 Acceptance: 90.2% 90.2% 2020 Acceptance: 97.4% 97.4% 2021 Acceptance: 98.9% 98.9% 2022 Acceptance: 99.0% 99.0% 2023 Acceptance: 94.3% 94.3% 2024 Acceptance: 99.3% 99.3% 2011 Yield: 79.1% 79.1% 2012 Yield: 77.7% 77.7% 2013 Yield: 74.8% 74.8% 2014 Yield: 74.3% 74.3% 2015 Yield: 74.9% 74.9% 2016 Yield: 69.8% 69.8% 2017 Yield: 69.6% 69.6% 2018 Yield: 68.7% 68.7% 2019 Yield: 69.0% 69.0% 2020 Yield: 43.9% 43.9% 2021 Yield: 40.0% 40.0% 2022 Yield: 48.9% 48.9% 2023 Yield: 45.4% 45.4% 2024 Yield: 38.8% 38.8%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 7,207 7,207 2012 Applicants: 6,993 6,993 2013 Applicants: 7,657 7,657 2014 Applicants: 3,909 3,909 2015 Applicants: 3,718 3,718 2016 Applicants: 4,293 4,293 2017 Applicants: 4,451 4,451 2018 Applicants: 4,328 4,328 2019 Applicants: 4,384 4,384 2020 Applicants: 6,036 6,036 2021 Applicants: 5,634 5,634 2022 Applicants: 4,887 4,887 2023 Applicants: 5,485 5,485 2024 Applicants: 6,255 6,255 2011 Admitted: 3,106 3,106 2012 Admitted: 3,191 3,191 2013 Admitted: 3,430 3,430 2014 Admitted: 3,273 3,273 2015 Admitted: 3,270 3,270 2016 Admitted: 3,748 3,748 2017 Admitted: 3,932 3,932 2018 Admitted: 3,879 3,879 2019 Admitted: 3,955 3,955 2020 Admitted: 5,877 5,877 2021 Admitted: 5,574 5,574 2022 Admitted: 4,837 4,837 2023 Admitted: 5,171 5,171 2024 Admitted: 6,212 6,212 2011 Enrolled: 2,458 2,458 2012 Enrolled: 2,479 2,479 2013 Enrolled: 2,565 2,565 2014 Enrolled: 2,431 2,431 2015 Enrolled: 2,450 2,450 2016 Enrolled: 2,616 2,616 2017 Enrolled: 2,737 2,737 2018 Enrolled: 2,665 2,665 2019 Enrolled: 2,727 2,727 2020 Enrolled: 2,580 2,580 2021 Enrolled: 2,230 2,230 2022 Enrolled: 2,367 2,367 2023 Enrolled: 2,349 2,349 2024 Enrolled: 2,408 2,408

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 96%
SAT Range 1040 – 1210
SAT Math Range 510 – 610
SAT RW Range 530 – 630

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2012 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2022 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2023 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2024 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.