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LSU acceptance rate

Louisiana State University · Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Public · 30,594 undergraduates

73.3%
accepted, fall 2024
47,065
applications
34,513
offers of admission
7,925
enrolled (23% of those admitted)

Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 47,065. The rate slipped from 77% in 2014 to 73% in 2024, while the typical four-year college moved the other way (up about 6 points). University of North Texas is the hardest to get into among the six schools closest to LSU in size and selectivity (72%); Oregon State University is the easiest (77%).

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 78%2002 79%2003 77%2004 81%2005 78%2006 73%2007 74%2008 73%2009 73%2010 69%2011 72%2012 80%2013 76%2014 77%2015 77%2016 76%2017 74%2018 74%2019 75%2020 73%2021 71%2022 76%2023 74%2024 73%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202447,06534,51373.3%7,925
202342,55831,49174.0%7,521
202238,85329,41975.7%7,401
202136,56125,90770.9%7,045
202028,96021,25273.4%6,701
201924,50118,27274.6%6,132
201824,28018,02474.2%5,812
201717,90713,23673.9%4,917
201618,12213,84376.4%5,475
201517,42913,48077.3%5,624
201416,58012,70676.6%5,655
201316,16912,32676.2%5,725
201214,81811,78979.6%5,290
201118,21413,14872.2%5,481
201015,91711,01269.2%4,789
200915,09311,09273.5%5,141
200811,4528,33272.8%4,596
200710,1357,45573.6%4,508
200610,8257,92773.2%4,970
200511,0778,66078.2%5,700
200410,1478,17180.5%5,428
200310,3767,97376.8%5,262
200210,5368,33679.1%5,301
20019,7897,58877.5%5,087

Applications and offers

020k40k60k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 10k Admitted: 8k2002 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2003 Applied: 10k Admitted: 8k2004 Applied: 10k Admitted: 8k2005 Applied: 11k Admitted: 9k2006 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2007 Applied: 10k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2009 Applied: 15k Admitted: 11k2010 Applied: 16k Admitted: 11k2011 Applied: 18k Admitted: 13k2012 Applied: 15k Admitted: 12k2013 Applied: 16k Admitted: 12k2014 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2015 Applied: 17k Admitted: 13k2016 Applied: 18k Admitted: 14k2017 Applied: 18k Admitted: 13k2018 Applied: 24k Admitted: 18k2019 Applied: 25k Admitted: 18k2020 Applied: 29k Admitted: 21k2021 Applied: 37k Admitted: 26k2022 Applied: 39k Admitted: 29k2023 Applied: 43k Admitted: 31k2024 Applied: 47k Admitted: 35k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women29,86422,37374.9%
Men17,19912,13870.6%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
600 to 680 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
580 to 660
ACT composite
24 to 30

Colleges similar to LSU

The six public four-year colleges closest to LSU in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX		73%32,394$19,890$67,143
Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR		74%28,677$17,571$63,588
Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL		77%33,227$20,202$66,081
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR		77%30,743$21,504$67,894
University of North Texas
Denton, TX		72%34,341$15,358$59,434
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK		75%21,773$17,058$60,713

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by LSU to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · LSU on College Scorecard