Southeastern Louisiana University

What is the cost of studying for a year at Southeastern Louisiana University?

For 2025-26, reported full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees totaled approximately $8,373 for Louisiana residents and $21,410 for nonresidents. Those totals combine reported tuition of $5,777 or $18,255, respectively, with $2,596 in required fees. Residency classification therefore makes a substantial difference to the published price.

• Louisiana resident: approximately $8,373 in full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees for 2025-26.
• Nonresident: approximately $21,410 in full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees for 2025-26.
• Reported typical room and board: approximately $10,200 for an academic year, before considering books, transportation, and personal expenses.

Adding the reported room-and-board amount produces approximately $18,573 for a resident or $31,051 for a nonresident in tuition, required fees, housing, and meals. Neither figure is a complete cost-of-attendance budget: books, transportation, and personal costs remain, and actual housing or meal-plan choices may differ. Commuters should substitute their own housing and travel expenses rather than add campus room and board automatically.

Financial aid can reduce what a student pays. Reported 2024-25 aid figures indicate that 99% of students received some form of financial aid and 32% had student loans; aid may include assistance that does not need repayment as well as loans that do. Eligible students can explore federal grants and loans, Louisiana aid programs, and institutional scholarships by completing the required aid applications. Reported average net prices vary with family income - for example, approximately $10,309 for families earning no more than $48,000 - but an average is not an individual award. The university's current aid offer and cost-of-attendance budget are the appropriate figures for a personal comparison.

What are the work-study opportunities at Southeastern Louisiana University?

Southeastern Louisiana University students can seek part-time work while enrolled, including campus positions and, for eligible students, Federal Work-Study jobs. Federal Work-Study is a need-based aid program: receiving an award generally permits a student to earn wages through qualifying work, rather than providing the full award as cash at the start of a term.

Students interested in Work-Study should complete the financial aid application required for their aid year, review their award information, and ask the financial aid office how available jobs are posted. An ordinary campus job may be open without Work-Study eligibility, but its pay does not automatically become a financial aid award.

The university's career services also support employment preparation through counseling, résumé assistance, interview workshops, job fairs, and employer recruiting. An internship may provide experience related to a major, but Southeastern does not report a university-wide internship requirement for every student. A particular academic program may still require fieldwork or clinical experience.