University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA104 University Circle, Lafayette, LA 70503
377-482-1000
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette—also called UL Lafayette and UL—is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is the largest university in the Acadiana region and the third-largest in the state, with over 18,000 students. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and is categorized as a Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. UL Lafayette evolved from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, founded in 1898, and is the second-oldest public university in the state. It was renamed the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1999.
The university offers Louisiana's only Ph.D. in francophone studies and the state's only industrial design degree. UL Lafayette is home to Louisiana's largest public library system on a university campus. It is also one of the nation's few universities with an extensive collection of French-language resources.
The university has been labeled one of the "Public Ivies" as one of the best public universities in the United States, and it is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. It has been designated a " Carnegie Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity " and is one of only four in the state. UL Lafayette is a space-grant institution and a member of the Southwestern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The university athletic teams are known as the Ragin' Cajuns and compete in NCAA Division I, fielding 17 varsity teams in 10 sports. The football team plays its home games at Cajun Field, and the men's basketball team plays its home games at the Cajundome.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 16450
Acceptance Rate: 67.28%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.louisiana.edu/
Financial Aid: https://financialaid.louisiana.edu/
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $27062
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $40790
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $104481.36. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. For graduates of University of Louisiana at Lafayette, we saw an average early-career income of $52100.00 and mid-career income of $97200.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.