Required for someNo early plan

Louisiana State University

LA · Public · South · National university · 30,594 undergraduates (large)

Admission rates

Latest admit rates

Overall admit rate73.3%
Early roundNo early plan 
Regular round†73.3%no early round, so same as overall

† This school has no early round, so the regular rate equals the overall admit rate.

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Admission rates

Overall
0%40%80%'19'20'21'22'23'2473.4%70.9%75.7%74.0%73.3%no data

Early plans

Fall 2027 applicants

No early plan (Dec. 1 scholarship priority; Feb. 1 regular) · School admissions page ↗

Testing

Testing policy

Fall 2027
Required for someRequired if weighted GPA is below 3.5School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026
Fall 2028
Fall 2028 policy not yet announced.School testing page ↗ · checked Nov 2026

Superscoring

What this means:

SAT
Not stated
ACT
Not stated

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Required for some for fall 2027 entry.

How to send scores

Self-report accepted; official scores only after admission/enrollment

School’s words: “Test scores can be self-reported through STARS or by emailing your admissions counselor an official score report or a screenshot of your ACT or College Board portal.”

Source ↗ · checked Nov 9, 2026

Students submitting scores

Est. % submitting scores‡47%SAT 7% + ACT 40%

‡ Est. % submitting scores adds the share of enrolled first-years who submitted the SAT to the share who submitted the ACT.

Submitted SAT7%
569 students
Submitted ACT40%
194 students

Score ranges (middle 50%)

Enrolled first-years who submitted scores, Fall 2024. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above.

SAT composite
1180–1320 median 1250
10001600
SAT Reading & Writing
600–680 median 640
500800
SAT Math
580–660 median 615
500800
ACT composite
24–30 median 27
2036

Trends, Fall 2019–Fall 2024

Share of enrolled students submitting scores

SAT + ACT (est.)SATACT
0%50%100%'19'20'21'22'23'24100%100%100%100%47.0%15.0%12.0%13.0%14.0%7.0%85.0%88.0%87.0%86.0%40.0%no data

SAT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
1600140012001000'19'20'21'22'23'24no data1080–1280128010801130–1300130011301140–1310131011401150–1300130011501180–132013201180

ACT composite, middle 50%

25th–75th percentile, enrolled students (labels show both values)
36322824'19'20'21'22'23'24no data23–28282323–29292323–28282324–29292424–303024

Waitlist admit rate

Share of students who stayed on the waitlist and were later admitted, by entering class.

Not reported

What is a waitlist? How is it different from a deferral?

Test policy in each Common Data Set

History only. The current policy is under Testing above.

  1. No CDS found CDS not available2025-26 CDS
  2. Fall 2026 Test-optional2024-25 CDS
  3. Fall 2025 Test-optional2023-24 CDS
  4. Fall 2024 Test-optional2022-23 CDS
  5. Fall 2023 Test-optional2021-22 CDS
  6. Fall 2022 Required2020-21 CDS
  7. Fall 2021 Not reported2019-20 CDS

Sources