Southern University Law Center
⌖ Baton Rouge, LA · 26 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Uncertain payoff
Payoff needs your actual price
ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.
There is not enough reported information to classify the payoff reliably.
—Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$48,941Observed earnings · year 5
—Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.
FEDERAL COST DATA
Four ways to read college price.
Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college—not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Not reported
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- Historically Black college or university · Land-grant institution
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$29,251Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$310/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$48,941Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
607Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$40,903Year 1
$54,666Year 4
$48,941Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
The college average is not the whole story.
Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$120,0492Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$92,9693Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$86,8384Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$73,0815Civil Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$68,0166Law · First Professional Degree$67,4627Communication Disorders Sciences and Services · Master's Degree$64,9248Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree$58,951Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential—not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree · $92,969 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$29,500federal debt2Social WorkBachelor's Degree · $52,217 reported+1%vs same-degree national median$32,634federal debt3Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $48,596 reported+0%vs same-degree national median$39,100federal debt4Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree · $120,049 reported-0%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt5Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree · $86,838 reported-2%vs same-degree national median$39,678federal debt6Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree · $64,924 reported-3%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in LA
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Shreveport, LA
Louisiana State University-Shreveport
- Annual net price
- $7,022
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,851
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -77%
Louisiana State University at Alexandria
- Annual net price
- $7,065
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $46,752
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -92%
SOWELA Technical Community College
- Annual net price
- $7,525
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $51,889
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -67%
Louisiana State University-Eunice
- Annual net price
- $10,421
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $49,390
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -80%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $120,049 | Not available | Not reported |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $92,969 | $29,500 | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $86,838 | $39,678 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Master's Degree | $73,081 | Not available | Not reported |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $68,016 | $32,162 | Not reported |
| Law | First Professional Degree | $67,462 | Not available | Not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Master's Degree | $64,924 | Not available | Not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $58,951 | $30,250 | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Master's Degree | $56,111 | Not available | Not reported |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $56,097 | $29,750 | Not reported |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | $55,482 | Not available | Not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $53,159 | $30,750 | Not reported |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $52,217 | $32,634 | Not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $51,611 | $37,250 | Not reported |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $50,616 | $43,250 | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | $49,918 | Not available | Not reported |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $49,609 | $31,000 | Not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $48,716 | $31,000 | Not reported |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $48,596 | $39,100 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $48,264 | $31,000 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $44,880 | $33,000 | Not reported |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $43,844 | $33,906 | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $41,901 | $35,000 | Not reported |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $41,311 | $38,000 | Not reported |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $28,250 | Not reported |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,000 | Not reported |
Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.
Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.