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Grambling State University

Grambling State University is based in the town of Grambling, LA — a public campus in a small-town setting. It is one of the nation's historically Black colleges and universities — a federally recognized designation.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$16,447

family income
under $30k

$19,923

$30–48k

$23,591

$48–75k

$24,096

$75–110k

$24,356

over $110k

Average net price

$19,8092023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Grambling State University rose from $8,531 (2008) to $19,809 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$8,531
2009	$11,188
2010	$10,146
2011	$13,509
2012	$14,501
2013	$14,656
2014	$16,527
2015	$17,494
2016	$18,846
2017	$18,915
2018	$18,516
2019	$16,964
2020	$17,288
2021	$15,760
2022	$19,125
2023	$19,809

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$25,3672024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Grambling State University rose from $15,411 (2009) to $25,367 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$15,411
2010	$17,171
2011	$17,538
2012	$19,899
2013	$20,881
2014	$21,692
2015	$23,455
2016	$24,632
2017	$25,358
2018	$25,927
2019	$25,754
2020	$24,332
2021	$24,266
2022	$24,264
2023	$25,100
2024	$25,367

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$2,589	$7,939
2001	$2,732	$8,082
2002	$2,740	$8,286
2003	$3,182	$8,532
2004	$3,554	—
2005	$4,250	$9,600
2006	$3,606	$8,956
2007	$3,622	$8,972
2008	$3,804	$9,154
2013	$5,950	$15,118
2014	$6,525	$15,744
2015	$7,063	$16,222
2016	$7,371	$16,394
2017	$7,435	$16,733
2018	$7,435	$16,458
2019	$7,683	$16,706
2020	$7,635	$16,658
2021	$7,683	$16,706
2022	$7,683	$16,706
2023	$7,683	$16,706

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Grambling State University reports tuition of $7,683 for in-state students and $16,706 for out-of-state students. Check Grambling State University’s residency rules, attendance budget and aid offer. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

At 4,164 undergrads, Grambling State University is a mid-sized campus by U.S. standards.

36.2% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Grambling State University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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36.2%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Grambling State University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 42.1% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 36.2%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	33.5%
1992 cohort	28.7%
1993 cohort	29.9%
1994 cohort	31.8%
1995 cohort	35.1%
1996 cohort	29.3%
1997 cohort	35.4%
1998 cohort	37.5%
1999 cohort	37.4%
2000 cohort	39.8%
2001 cohort	31.8%
2002 cohort	36.4%
2003 cohort	29.8%
2004 cohort	27.8%
2005 cohort	27.6%
2006 cohort	31%
2007 cohort	31.7%
2008 cohort	30.2%
2009 cohort	35.2%
2010 cohort	33.6%
2011 cohort	35.1%
2012 cohort	33%
2013 cohort	35.1%
2014 cohort	42.1%
2015 cohort	28.8%
2016 cohort	36.9%
2017 cohort	32.3%
2018 cohort	36.2%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$22,500	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$21,881	$4,751
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$21,407	$3,839
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$20,877	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$19,494	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$17,720	$3,812
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,875	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$19,178	$4,625
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$20,933	$5,250
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$20,933	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$21,125	$5,938
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$22,327	$7,374
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$25,834	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$29,580	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$31,095	$9,287
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$33,098	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$36,000	$11,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$36,656	$14,250
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$37,500	$14,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$37,543	$14,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$38,500	$12,750
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$37,192	$14,250
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$36,750	$14,250
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$36,500	$14,250

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$25,589

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$29,689

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$41,109

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Grambling State University admitted 5,821 of 12,976 applicants in Fall 2024. The 44.9% rate describes that application pool.

44.9%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $7,683 in-state tuition · 2023–24 4,164 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 920–10801600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Grambling State University received 12,976 applications and admitted 5,821 (44.9%), with 1,047 enrolling.

Grambling State University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Grambling State University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 490–570 and Math was 430–510 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 920–1080 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	490	490	570
SAT Math	430	430	510
ACT Composite	15	17	19

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

44.9%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2007	30.1%
Fall 2008	37.6%
Fall 2009	33.3%
Fall 2010	31.1%
Fall 2011	55.1%
Fall 2012	42.1%
Fall 2013	43.6%
Fall 2014	44%
Fall 2015	38.2%
Fall 2016	45.1%
Fall 2017	42.8%
Fall 2018	94.8%
Fall 2019	97.2%
Fall 2020	93.2%
Fall 2021	31.1%
Fall 2022	42.4%
Fall 2023	23.7%
Fall 2024	44.9%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2007–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

920–1080Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2007	720	900
Fall 2008	840	920
Fall 2009	760	950
Fall 2010	780	998
Fall 2011	760	930
Fall 2012	670	920
Fall 2013	740	920
Fall 2014	750	970
Fall 2015	795	955
Fall 2016	810	970
Fall 2018	830	1018
Fall 2019	910	1060
Fall 2020	860	1000
Fall 2021	822	1040
Fall 2022	840	990
Fall 2023	860	1150
Fall 2024	920	1080

IPEDS Fall 2007–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

15–19Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2007	15	18
Fall 2008	17	19
Fall 2009	16	19
Fall 2010	16	20
Fall 2011	16	20
Fall 2012	14	19
Fall 2013	16	20
Fall 2014	16	20
Fall 2015	16	20
Fall 2016	16	20
Fall 2018	16	19
Fall 2019	16	20
Fall 2020	15	19
Fall 2021	15	19
Fall 2022	15	19
Fall 2023	15	19
Fall 2024	15	19

IPEDS Fall 2007–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

4,164Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Grambling State University rose from 3,757 (Fall 2002) to 4,164 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	3,757
Fall 2003	4,174
Fall 2004	4,197
Fall 2005	4,573
Fall 2006	4,579
Fall 2007	4,748
Fall 2008	4,803
Fall 2009	4,534
Fall 2010	4,401
Fall 2011	4,437
Fall 2012	4,349
Fall 2013	4,100
Fall 2014	3,520
Fall 2015	3,567
Fall 2016	3,882
Fall 2017	4,072
Fall 2018	4,110
Fall 2019	4,153
Fall 2020	4,511
Fall 2021	4,405
Fall 2022	4,163
Fall 2023	4,144
Fall 2024	4,164

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

66%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Grambling State University has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 77% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 66%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	63%
Fall 2004 cohort	57%
Fall 2005 cohort	55%
Fall 2006 cohort	60%
Fall 2007 cohort	59%
Fall 2008 cohort	56%
Fall 2009 cohort	65%
Fall 2010 cohort	68%
Fall 2011 cohort	69%
Fall 2012 cohort	69%
Fall 2013 cohort	68%
Fall 2014 cohort	69%
Fall 2015 cohort	60%
Fall 2016 cohort	68%
Fall 2017 cohort	72%
Fall 2018 cohort	74%
Fall 2019 cohort	77%
Fall 2020 cohort	69%
Fall 2021 cohort	72%
Fall 2022 cohort	76%
Fall 2023 cohort	66%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Grambling State University

75% of Grambling State University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Grambling State University as a primarily residential campus of 4,164 undergraduates — and 66.1% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Grambling State University's SAT section-percentile sums are 920–1080 — their midpoint is below the LA four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Grambling State University's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Grambling State University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Grambling State University44.9%

Louisiana median77.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Grambling State University$7,683

Louisiana median$10,272

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Grambling State University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Grambling State University$41,109

Louisiana median$47,477

National median$53,781

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Grambling State University, Louisiana and national reference values
Metric & basis	Grambling State University	Louisiana median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	44.9%	77.7%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$7,683	$10,272	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$41,109	$47,477	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Grambling State University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Grambling State University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 12 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	$68,760
Information Science/Studies	$54,803
Biology, General	$54,628
Accounting and Related Services	$50,208
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	$45,159
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$44,729
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$44,665
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$44,033
Psychology, General	$43,561
Communication and Media Studies	$43,324
Social Work	$42,644
Marketing	$41,150

These 12 fields listed for Grambling State University measure earnings after completion. The $41,109 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 19 additional Grambling State University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Grambling State University report?

Grambling State University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 920–1080 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Grambling State University's acceptance rate?

44.9% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 5,821 admitted from 12,976 applicants.

How much does Grambling State University cost?

In-state tuition is $7,683; out-of-state students pay $16,706. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does Grambling State University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $41,109. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Louisiana

Dillard University — 41.9% admitted
Louisiana State University-Shreveport — 50.5% admitted
Centenary College of Louisiana — 55.7% admitted
Southern University and A & M College — 35.1% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.