There are 114 colleges in Louisiana - 34 public and 80 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the Louisiana colleges is $9,101 for state residents and $20,728 for out-of-state students.

35 Louisiana cities have at least one college and, of them, Baton Rouge has the most of 19 colleges. It has 5 four-year colleges and 7 community colleges with a total of 65,194 students. New Orleans and Shreveport also has a number of colleges of 17 and 12 colleges respectively.

The following table shows the Louisiana colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost. You can view the list of colleges and average statistics for each city by following the link on the city name. Furthermore, you can sort the table by each column by touching/clicking the colum title.

114 Louisiana Colleges by City
CityNumber of SchoolsUnder-graduate TuitionGraduate TuitionPopulationStudents to Faculty
Total4-yearCommunity CollegesTrade SchoolsTotalUnder.Graduate
Baton Rouge 19577 $21,287
($10,938)
$22,273
($11,883)
65,194 55,835 9,359 17 to 1
New Orleans 171214 $23,363
($9,201)
$18,754
($10,647)
51,484 38,984 12,500 14 to 1
Shreveport 12426 $21,529
($8,901)
$14,485
($11,153)
16,558 7,359 9,199 15 to 1
Lafayette 10145 $24,146
($10,418)
$23,912
($10,184)
23,150 20,917 2,233 18 to 1
Monroe 7124 $21,290
($9,190)
$21,499
($9,399)
12,271 10,431 1,840 15 to 1
Lake Charles 4112 $9,989
($8,489)
$10,002
($8,502)
9,831 9,258 573 19 to 1
Houma 4--4 - - 323 323 - 10 to 1
Metairie 4112 $13,450 $9,370 827 822 5 13 to 1
Alexandria 4112 $14,725
($7,050)
- 8,591 8,591 - 24 to 1
West Monroe 2--2 - - 129 129 - 16 to 1
Covington 2--2 - - 2,233 2,233 - 13 to 1
Pineville 21-1 $20,266 $8,086 981 808 173 11 to 1
Hammond 21-1 $20,851
($8,373)
$21,308
($8,830)
14,620 13,386 1,234 21 to 1
Kenner 2-11 - - 175 175 - 15 to 1
Bossier City 2-11 - - 5,588 5,588 - 19 to 1
Eunice 2-11 - - 3,686 3,686 - 19 to 1
Slidell 1--1 - - 162 162 - 9 to 1
Ruston 11-- $16,866
($10,125)
$12,726
($7,995)
11,873 10,881 992 21 to 1
Jefferson 11-- $20,680 - 625 625 - 15 to 1
Chalmette 1-1- - - 2,819 2,819 - 35 to 1
Destrehan 11-- - - - - - -
Natchitoches 11-- $19,652
($8,864)
$20,546
($9,758)
8,523 7,622 901 16 to 1
Gretna 1--1 - - 110 110 - 20 to 1
St. Benedict 11-- $27,750 - 95 95 - 6 to 1
Opelousas 1--1 - - 37 37 - 5 to 1
New Iberia 1--1 - - 26 26 - 20 to 1
Denham Springs 1--1 - - 89 89 - 11 to 1
Schriever 1-1- - - 2,663 2,663 - 22 to 1
Thibodaux 11-- $9,242
($8,149)
$9,329
($8,236)
6,043 5,518 525 19 to 1
St Amant 11-- - - - - - -
Grambling 11-- $16,706
($7,683)
$16,439
($7,416)
5,150 4,313 837 25 to 1
Lacombe 1-1- - - 5,975 5,975 - 42 to 1
Minden 1-1- - - 1,065 1,065 - 17 to 1
St. Rose 11-- - - - - - -
Gonzales 1-1- - - 2,597 2,597 - 24 to 1