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Southern University at Shreveport is ranked #2,071 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 30 colleges in Louisiana, Southern University at Shreveport is ranked at #27.
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If you are worried about getting into Southern University at Shreveport, don't be. The school has a liberal open admissions policy, which means you only need to meet basic requirements in order to be admitted. Still, be sure to submit a complete application and provide any other requested materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Southern University at Shreveport, this rate is 29 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Southern University at Shreveport is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Southern University at Shreveport this rate is 52%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,013 undergraduates at Southern University at Shreveport with 1,325 being full-time and 1,688 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,599 | $15,971 | $11,004 | $11,740 | $14,377 |
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 Southern University at Shreveport, 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 Southern University at Shreveport, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $4,601 a year. That adds up to $18,404 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southern University at Shreveport are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3050 Martin Luther King Dr, Shreveport, LA 71107 |
| Phone: | 318-670-6000 |
| Website: | www.susla.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 54 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 46 | NA |
| Nursing | 37 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 31 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 14 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 12 | NA |
| Dental Support Services | 10 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 10 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 9 | NA |
| Accounting | 5 | NA |
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, 1,736 students took at least one online class at Southern University at Shreveport. This is a decrease from the 1,857 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,736 | 827 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,857 | 1,158 |
| 2020-2021 | 2,301 | 1,607 |
| 2018-2019 | 964 | 239 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern University at Shreveport.
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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