by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Southeastern Louisiana University was awarded 16 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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Southeastern landed the #1,654 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Southeastern is also ranked #13 out of 30 schools in Louisiana.
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Southeastern Louisiana University has an acceptance rate of 99%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Southeastern.
Southeastern received ACT scores from 95% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.
Learn more about Southeastern Louisiana University admissions.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Southeastern Louisiana University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southeastern Louisiana University is 82%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Southeastern Louisiana University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Southeastern is 18%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Southeastern Louisiana University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 13,456 undergraduates at Southeastern with 9,383 being full-time and 4,073 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,883 | $10,497 | $13,458 | $15,114 | $16,048 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Southeastern, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Southeastern, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $5,368 a year. That adds up to $21,472 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southeastern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 548 Ned Mcgehee Ave., Hammond, LA 70402 |
| Phone: | 985-549-2000 |
| Website: | www.southeastern.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 269 | $38,696 |
| Nursing | 206 | $73,910 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 189 | $33,705 |
| General Biology | 129 | $30,865 |
| Health & Physical Education | 124 | $30,315 |
| General Psychology | 108 | $20,870 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 97 | $46,201 |
| Accounting | 83 | $47,395 |
| Communication Sciences | 83 | $26,032 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 83 | $35,024 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 4,930 students took at least one online class at Southeastern Louisiana University. This is a decrease from the 5,083 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,930 | 866 |
| 2021-2022 | 5,083 | 827 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,708 | 701 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,745 | 506 |
Learn more about online learning at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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