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Southern University Law Center

Baton Rouge, LA · 26 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · 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.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$48,941Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

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.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net priceNot available
Title IV student average
Cost of attendanceNot available
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

Not availableAverage net price / year
Not availableCost of attendance
$48,941Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
607Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

59thEarnings percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,903Year 1
$54,666Year 4
$48,941Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

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$58,951

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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.

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Louisiana State University-Shreveport

Annual net price
$7,022
Observed earnings · year 5
$49,851
Modeled 10-year ROI
-77%
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Alexandria, LA

Louisiana State University at Alexandria

Annual net price
$7,065
Observed earnings · year 5
$46,752
Modeled 10-year ROI
-92%
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SOWELA Technical Community College

Annual net price
$7,525
Observed earnings · year 5
$51,889
Modeled 10-year ROI
-67%
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Eunice, LA

Louisiana State University-Eunice

Annual net price
$10,421
Observed earnings · year 5
$49,390
Modeled 10-year ROI
-80%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree$120,049Not available
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree$92,969$29,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$86,838$39,678
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$73,081Not available
Civil EngineeringBachelor's Degree$68,016$32,162
LawFirst Professional Degree$67,462Not available
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesMaster's Degree$64,924Not available
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree$58,951$30,250
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsMaster's Degree$56,111Not available
MarketingBachelor's Degree$56,097$29,750
Public AdministrationMaster's Degree$55,482Not available
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$53,159$30,750
Social WorkBachelor's Degree$52,217$32,634
Communication Disorders Sciences and ServicesBachelor's Degree$51,611$37,250
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$50,616$43,250
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's Degree$49,918Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$49,609$31,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$48,716$31,000
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$48,596$39,100
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree$48,264$31,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$44,880$33,000
SociologyBachelor's Degree$43,844$33,906
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$41,901$35,000
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsBachelor's Degree$41,311$38,000
Agriculture, GeneralBachelor's DegreeNot available$28,250
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000

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.