Louisiana: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 14 Louisiana campuses here enrolled 114,974 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 40,087 beds of housing, 35 beds per 100 full-time students. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 25,918.

14campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

114,974full-time students, fall 2024

40,087college-controlled beds, 2024-25

$6,480median typical housing charge, academic year (11 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Baton Rouge	34,644	8,726	25.2	25,918	$9,910
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette	12,491	3,653	29.2	8,838	$7,418
Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans	10,485	4,221	40.3	6,264	$10,758
Louisiana Tech University Ruston	8,848	2,722	30.8	6,126	$9,618*
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond	8,565	2,718	31.7	5,847	$5,500
McNeese State University Lake Charles	4,921	1,037	21.1	3,884	$6,150
Northwestern State University of Louisiana Natchitoches	4,600	1,492	32.4	3,108	$6,480
Nicholls State University Thibodaux	4,500	1,399	31.1	3,101	$7,262
University of New Orleans New Orleans	4,585	1,604	35	2,981	$6,280
University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe	5,005	2,259	45.1	2,746	$3,816
Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans	3,420	1,371	40.1	2,049	$8,960
Grambling State University Grambling	4,009	2,359	58.8	1,650	$5,548
Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge	5,849	4,522	77.3	1,327	$8,018*
Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans	3,052	2,004	65.7	1,048	$11,310*

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.