Louisiana

Total number of students enrolled at public and private postsecondary institutions:

  • Louisiana: 205,182
  • U.S.: 18,247,094

Percentage of students enrolled in public institutions:

  • Louisiana: 90%
  • U.S.: 72%

Distribution of enrollments at public institutions:

Louisiana U.S.
Research: 38% 28%
Master's: 39% 19%
Bachelor's: n/a 3%
Community Colleges: 15% 48%

Average Measures of Education and Related Costs per FTE Student, Student Shares, and Production

Louisiana U.S.
Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges Public Research Public Master's Community Colleges
Institution Count (number of medical programs included in the data)
4 (1) 8 37 163 (63) 266 (2) 953
Education and related costs per FTE student
2006 $11,905 $7,690 $10,275 $14,057 $10,629 $9,037
Change from 2002-2006 55% -1% 9% 2% -1% -1%
Student share of education and related costs (discounted)
2006 54% 49% 16% 51% 48% 31%
Percentage Point Change 2002-2006 3 8 6 10 10 5
Aggregate education and related spending/student completions
2006 $42,186 $47,533 $37,789 $56,271 $47,446 $43,126
Change from 2002-2006 2% 4% 10% -4% -4% -11%
Completions per 100 FTE students
2006 26 17 30 25 24 24
Change 2002-2006 7 0 -6 1 1 1
* Data for the Public Research sector includes the University of New Orleans, which was greatly impacted by Hurricane Katrina showing a decrease of over 9,000 FTE students from the fall enrollment of academic year 2005 to that of 2006.
Source: Delta Cost Project IPEDS state database