Approximately 584 International Students. One third of Louisiana-Lafayette students are 25 years of age or older. Louisiana-Lafayette's total economic impact is approximately one half of a billion dollars per year in Acadiana. Louisiana-Lafayette provides a trained work force including business leaders, health care professionals, teachers, law enforcement. Louisiana-Lafayette provides continuing education to approximately 10,000 people annually to update local work force.
Graduates continue to lead the state in the first-time pass rate of the CPA exam.
Professors Dr. William Hagerman and Dr. T.R.N. Rao were chosen Fulbright Scholars. Ernest Gaines received the prestigious MacArthur Foundation award. The G. Frank Purvis, Jr., Chair of Insurance and Risk Management Program will be the first of its kind in Louisiana. 1994 saw the development of Louisiana-Lafayette's newest Ph.D. program, Francophone Studies. Louisiana-Lafayette is one of only 3 universities in the world with this program.