Students participate in credit coursework and transfer the credits back to their home institutions. LSU students can earn full credit for a semester or year on exchange. We maintain a file of course catalogs on all NSE schools. Honors students and those seeking upper level Honors Distinction should seek counseling in the Honors College before accepting an exchange placement. Interested students should realize that application to the NSE does not always lead to one's first choice of schools.
Several institutions have more demand than places available.
Among the popular locations are Hawaii, Florida, Colorado, New York, California, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, and Maryland and District of Columbia. Also, many colleges must balance the number of outgoing and incoming students and must balance the number of Plan A or Plan B students. LSU applicants should rank about five choices of NSE schools when submitting their applications. Consult your NSE counselor at LSU for advice on this. Students who have family, are still legal residents, and who remain entitled to pay resident tuition on their own in a participating NSE state may not exchange to a university in that state except with special permission.