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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Baton Rouge, LA
Population 550,000
Website http://www.subr.edu/
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Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,967
Men / Women 33% / 67%
From State 67%
From Region 15%
Athletes 8.1%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 94%
Mixed 2%
Hispanic 1%
White 1%
Native American 0%
Asian 0%
International 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: 43.5% 43.5% 2012 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2013 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2014 Men: 41.2% 41.2% 2015 Men: 41.0% 41.0% 2016 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2017 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2018 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2019 Men: 35.8% 35.8% 2020 Men: 34.7% 34.7% 2021 Men: 33.9% 33.9% 2022 Men: 32.7% 32.7% 2023 Men: 32.3% 32.3% 2024 Men: 32.9% 32.9%

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: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2017 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 98.8% 98.8% 2012 Black: 96.5% 96.5% 2013 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2014 Black: 97.3% 97.3% 2015 Black: 97.4% 97.4% 2016 Black: 96.8% 96.8% 2017 Black: 95.8% 95.8% 2018 Black: 93.3% 93.3% 2019 Black: 94.6% 94.6% 2020 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2021 Black: 93.6% 93.6% 2022 Black: 94.2% 94.2% 2023 Black: 94.6% 94.6% 2024 Black: 91.6% 91.6% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Hispanic: 1.8% 1.8% 2018 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2019 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2011 White: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 White: 0.2% 0.2% 2013 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 White: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2016 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2017 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 White: 1.5% 1.5% 2019 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2020 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2022 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2013 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2014 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2019 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2023 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 International: 1.3% 1.3%

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% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Black: 93.1% 93.1% 2021 Black: 93.3% 93.3% 2022 Black: 93.9% 93.9% 2023 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2024 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2025 Black: 94.4% 94.4% 2020 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2025 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2021 White: 1.4% 1.4% 2022 White: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 White: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 White: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

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
Southern University and A&M College 727 28% / 72% 0% $56,730 61 96%
Civil Engineering 8 — 88% / 12% 0% $71,303 83 100%
Electrical Engineering 8 — 75% / 25% 0% $84,224 92 —
Mechanical Engineering 19 — 47% / 53% 0% $94,738 97 89%
Computer Science 25 — 68% / 32% 0% $61,079 70 100%
Mathematics 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,938 59 —
Biology 24 — 25% / 75% 0% $49,394 42 96%
Agriculture 43 — 37% / 63% 0% $47,496 36 95%
Urban Forestry 9 — 44% / 56% 0% $48,329 39 —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $55,192 58 100%
Nursing 134 — 9% / 91% 0% $89,138 95 98%
Recreational Therapy 29 — 24% / 76% 0% $46,207 32 98%
Rehabilitation Counseling 17 — 6% / 94% 0% $46,207 32 98%
Accounting 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $57,538 63 93%
Business Administration 41 — 37% / 63% 0% $55,623 59 95%
Finance 15 — 80% / 20% 0% $59,922 68 —
Marketing 13 — 31% / 69% 0% $26,952 3 94%
English 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,781 65 100%
Family and Consumer Sciences 17 — 6% / 94% 0% $47,481 36 97%
History 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $46,510 33 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 37 — 46% / 54% 0% $41,187 18 90%
Mass Communication 28 — 25% / 75% 4% $42,248 21 89%
Political Science 16 — 38% / 62% 0% $50,273 44 —
Psychology 72 — 11% / 89% 1% $40,261 16 95%
Social Work 20 — 10% / 90% 0% $48,501 39 100%
Sociology 23 — 48% / 52% 0% $49,725 43 100%
Elementary Education 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,674 48 —
Junior High/Middle School Education — — — — $52,294 50 —
Music Performance 7 — 100% / 0% 0% $42,256 21 —
Criminal Justice 81 — 22% / 78% 0% $43,924 26 96%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,424
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,375
Est. In-State Cost $13,484
Est. Out-of-State Cost $23,770
ROI Percentile 61th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 60%
4-Year Graduation Rate 10%
6-Year Graduation Rate 27%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

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: 24.8% 24.8% 2012 Graduated: 27.6% 27.6% 2013 Graduated: 31.8% 31.8% 2014 Graduated: 32.1% 32.1% 2015 Graduated: 33.7% 33.7% 2016 Graduated: 29.2% 29.2% 2017 Graduated: 29.0% 29.0% 2018 Graduated: 30.4% 30.4% 2019 Graduated: 40.9% 40.9% 2020 Graduated: 28.2% 28.2% 2021 Graduated: 31.9% 31.9% 2022 Graduated: 30.4% 30.4% 2023 Graduated: 28.5% 28.5% 2024 Graduated: 27.1% 27.1%

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: 20.2% 20.2% 2012 Men: 21.0% 21.0% 2013 Men: 25.4% 25.4% 2014 Men: 27.0% 27.0% 2015 Men: 26.0% 26.0% 2016 Men: 25.8% 25.8% 2017 Men: 25.0% 25.0% 2018 Men: 23.3% 23.3% 2019 Men: 31.6% 31.6% 2020 Men: 23.3% 23.3% 2021 Men: 28.0% 28.0% 2022 Men: 23.7% 23.7% 2023 Men: 26.0% 26.0% 2024 Men: 18.2% 18.2% 2011 Women: 28.5% 28.5% 2012 Women: 32.3% 32.3% 2013 Women: 36.9% 36.9% 2014 Women: 35.7% 35.7% 2015 Women: 40.1% 40.1% 2016 Women: 31.8% 31.8% 2017 Women: 32.1% 32.1% 2018 Women: 35.0% 35.0% 2019 Women: 46.6% 46.6% 2020 Women: 31.6% 31.6% 2021 Women: 34.6% 34.6% 2022 Women: 34.6% 34.6% 2023 Women: 30.0% 30.0% 2024 Women: 32.0% 32.0%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 24.8% 24.8% 2012 Black: 28.0% 28.0% 2013 Black: 32.3% 32.3% 2014 Black: 32.4% 32.4% 2015 Black: 34.1% 34.1% 2016 Black: 29.0% 29.0% 2017 Black: 29.3% 29.3% 2018 Black: 31.3% 31.3% 2019 Black: 40.9% 40.9% 2020 Black: 28.6% 28.6% 2021 Black: 31.7% 31.7% 2022 Black: 30.6% 30.6% 2023 Black: 28.3% 28.3% 2024 Black: 27.6% 27.6%

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 30.4% 221 26% / 74% 1% $44,016 26 95%
Health Sciences 26.1% 190 11% / 89% 0% $76,958 87 98%
Business & Economics 11.1% 81 43% / 57% 0% $52,101 50 95%
Professional 11.1% 81 22% / 78% 0% $43,924 26 96%
Agriculture & Food Science 7.2% 52 38% / 62% 0% $47,640 37 95%
Engineering 4.8% 35 63% / 37% 0% $86,978 94 92%
Computer Science 3.4% 25 68% / 32% 0% $61,079 70 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 3.3% 24 25% / 75% 0% $49,394 42 96%
Arts 1.0% 7 100% / 0% 0% $42,256 21 —
Education 1.0% 7 0% / 100% 0% $51,674 48 —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.6% 4 50% / 50% 0% $55,938 59 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $3.1M #232 95% $0.1M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $1.1M #342 100% $0 — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #375 96% $0.0M 3 #204 18 5
Computer Science $0.3M #330 100% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $0.2M #474 100% $0 21 #179 109 —
Health Sciences $0.1M #358 100% $0 1 #236 25 —
Agriculture & Food Science $0.1M #262 100% $0 5 #72 21 —
Education $0 #457 — $0 6 #378 — —
Business & Economics $0 #456 — $0 — — — —
Total $5.5M #378 97% $0.1M 36 #300 173 5

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 Yes
Acceptance Rate 42%
Yield (Unbound) 20%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 42% 42% 42%

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: 42.9% 42.9% 2012 Acceptance: 41.9% 41.9% 2013 Acceptance: 35.9% 35.9% 2014 Acceptance: 53.6% 53.6% 2015 Acceptance: 78.6% 78.6% 2016 Acceptance: 98.8% 98.8% 2017 Acceptance: 45.5% 45.5% 2018 Acceptance: 37.2% 37.2% 2019 Acceptance: 34.9% 34.9% 2020 Acceptance: 43.4% 43.4% 2021 Acceptance: 58.9% 58.9% 2022 Acceptance: 53.9% 53.9% 2023 Acceptance: 49.9% 49.9% 2024 Acceptance: 35.1% 35.1% 2011 Yield: 62.7% 62.7% 2012 Yield: 68.1% 68.1% 2013 Yield: 58.5% 58.5% 2014 Yield: 59.3% 59.3% 2015 Yield: 61.9% 61.9% 2016 Yield: 28.4% 28.4% 2017 Yield: 51.3% 51.3% 2018 Yield: 32.0% 32.0% 2019 Yield: 36.3% 36.3% 2020 Yield: 45.5% 45.5% 2021 Yield: 32.1% 32.1% 2022 Yield: 29.3% 29.3% 2023 Yield: 28.1% 28.1% 2024 Yield: 20.1% 20.1%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 12,500 25,000 37,500 50,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 3,289 3,289 2012 Applicants: 2,969 2,969 2013 Applicants: 3,721 3,721 2014 Applicants: 3,003 3,003 2015 Applicants: 2,505 2,505 2016 Applicants: 3,816 3,816 2017 Applicants: 5,307 5,307 2018 Applicants: 11,245 11,245 2019 Applicants: 10,563 10,563 2020 Applicants: 6,935 6,935 2021 Applicants: 8,551 8,551 2022 Applicants: 10,609 10,609 2023 Applicants: 12,221 12,221 2024 Applicants: 24,340 24,340 2011 Admitted: 1,412 1,412 2012 Admitted: 1,243 1,243 2013 Admitted: 1,336 1,336 2014 Admitted: 1,611 1,611 2015 Admitted: 1,968 1,968 2016 Admitted: 3,770 3,770 2017 Admitted: 2,413 2,413 2018 Admitted: 4,188 4,188 2019 Admitted: 3,687 3,687 2020 Admitted: 3,013 3,013 2021 Admitted: 5,035 5,035 2022 Admitted: 5,718 5,718 2023 Admitted: 6,095 6,095 2024 Admitted: 8,547 8,547 2011 Enrolled: 886 886 2012 Enrolled: 847 847 2013 Enrolled: 781 781 2014 Enrolled: 956 956 2015 Enrolled: 1,219 1,219 2016 Enrolled: 1,071 1,071 2017 Enrolled: 1,237 1,237 2018 Enrolled: 1,340 1,340 2019 Enrolled: 1,338 1,338 2020 Enrolled: 1,370 1,370 2021 Enrolled: 1,618 1,618 2022 Enrolled: 1,678 1,678 2023 Enrolled: 1,711 1,711 2024 Enrolled: 1,715 1,715

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

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 75%
SAT Range 790 – 1020
SAT Math Range 380 – 490
SAT RW Range 410 – 530

SAT Composite

25th 75th
700 800 900 1000 1100 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 835 835 2016 25th: 845 845 2017 25th: 740 740 2018 25th: 930 930 2019 25th: 900 900 2020 25th: 850 850 2021 25th: 840 840 2022 25th: 820 820 2023 25th: 798 798 2024 25th: 790 790 2015 75th: 1005 1005 2016 75th: 1095 1095 2017 75th: 980 980 2018 75th: 1090 1090 2019 75th: 1080 1080 2020 75th: 1043 1043 2021 75th: 1015 1015 2022 75th: 1000 1000 2023 75th: 1000 1000 2024 75th: 1020 1020

SAT Math

25th 75th
350 400 450 500 550 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 412 412 2012 25th: 400 400 2013 25th: 400 400 2014 25th: 420 420 2015 25th: 420 420 2016 25th: 435 435 2017 25th: 390 390 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 440 440 2020 25th: 410 410 2021 25th: 410 410 2022 25th: 400 400 2023 25th: 380 380 2024 25th: 380 380 2011 75th: 500 500 2012 75th: 490 490 2013 75th: 520 520 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 545 545 2017 75th: 490 490 2018 75th: 530 530 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 510 510 2021 75th: 500 500 2022 75th: 490 490 2023 75th: 490 490 2024 75th: 490 490

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2015 25th: 415 415 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 350 350 2018 25th: 460 460 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 440 440 2021 25th: 430 430 2022 25th: 420 420 2023 25th: 418 418 2024 25th: 410 410 2015 75th: 495 495 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 490 490 2018 75th: 560 560 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 533 533 2021 75th: 515 515 2022 75th: 510 510 2023 75th: 510 510 2024 75th: 530 530

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: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2013 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2015 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0% 2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2017 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2021 Submitted: 85.0% 85.0% 2022 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2023 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2024 Submitted: 75.0% 75.0%

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.