South Louisiana Community College
Tel:
(337) 521-9000
- South Louisiana Community College seeks to cultivate a learning environment in which participants develop the qualities and skills necessary to engage actively in the economy, governance, and culture of South Louisiana and in the global arena. This function is fostered in a climate that focuses upon intellectual rigor, caring, and respect for the diverse cultures of the College community. South Louisiana Community College was created by act of the Louisiana Legislature in 1997 as a “comprehensive, multi-campus, public, two-year institution of higher education.” The legislation prescribes for the College both an academic and a vocational component and stipulates that programs offered by the College be developed “to assure the delivery of coordinated and articulated educational services in each parish comprising the primary service delivery area.” The primary service delivery area includes the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion. To fulfill its mission, South Louisiana Community College provides general education courses and associate degree programs that transfer to other two-year schools and to baccalaureate programs at four-year schools, associate degrees in fields of study that prepare students for immediate employment, a developmental studies program that strengthens basic skills and prepares students for collegiate work, specialized career training and technical skill development that provide for fuller participation by area citizens in the work place and the economy.
School Highlights
South Louisiana Community College serves 6,092 students (54% of students are full-time).
The college's student:teacher ratio of 36:1 is higher than the state community college average of 32:1.
Minority enrollment is 51% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 61%.
Top Rankings
South Louisiana Community College ranks among the top 20% of community colleges in Louisiana for:
- Category Attribute
- Community Size Largest student body
School Overview
The teacher population of 170 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| South Louisiana Community College | (LA) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate's Colleges: High Vocational & Technical-Mixed Traditional/Nontraditional | Associate's--Public Urban-serving Multicampus |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | At least 2 but less than 4 years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 170 staff | 26 staff |
Source: 2019 (or latest year available) IPEDS
Nearby Schools
The nearest community college to South Louisiana Community College is Remington College-Lafayette Campus (3.8 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Remington College-Lafayette CampusPrivate not-for-profit368 students | 3.80 Mi303 Rue Louis XIV
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 981-4010 3.80368 - 376 students | 14.60 Mi600 S Martin Luther King Jr Drive
Saint Martinville, LA 70582
(337) 394-6466 14.60376 - 750 students | 16.70 Mi609 Ember Dr
New Iberia, LA 70560
(337) 373-0011 16.70750 - 259 students | 20.60 Mi1933 W Hutchinson Ave
Crowley, LA 70526
(337) 788-7521 20.60259
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