Colleges in Louisiana

4 colleges in Louisiana are currently listed. It's a curated starting set, not every college in the state, so a school's absence doesn't mean anything about its quality.

By our tiers, the most selective Louisiana schools listed are Tulane University. Treat these as reaches for nearly every applicant and balance them with lower-tier schools.

Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, and Loyola University New Orleans are in our Accessible tier, which usually admits the large majority of applicants who meet eligibility requirements. Still confirm that your intended major is offered and not capped.

No. Tiers are broad bands based on reported acceptance rates, which change every cycle and differ by major. For a specific school's current numbers, use its Common Data Set; our guide "How to Build Your Own College List by Score and GPA" explains how.