page_title: Southeastern Louisiana University
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Southeastern Louisiana University / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: The Richard W. Leche medallion is at the east side north end of Strawberry Stadium at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond
context_page_description: Southeastern Louisiana University is a public university in Hammond, Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it became known as Southeastern Louisiana College. It achieved university status in 1970.
  In the fall of 2019 there were 14,298 students enrolled. During the 1990s, Southeastern was one of the fastest-growing colleges in the United States. The university is the third largest in Louisiana, trailing only LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
  Southeastern's colors are green and gold, and the mascot is a lion named Roomie. Southeastern's sports teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Southland Conference.
context_section_description: Southeastern Louisiana University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award degrees at the Associate, Baccalaureate and Master's levels. Southeastern has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1946.
  Southeastern consists of five colleges with 18 academic departments and programs offering over 60 degree programs.
  Southeastern's state-of-the-art library houses several important collections, including the Morrison Room, the Rayburn Collection, the Pineywoods People Exhibits, and the Center for Regional Studies.
  Southeastern offers nursing curricula in Hammond and Baton Rouge. In a consortium with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Southeastern offers a master of science in nursing.
  Southeastern became a doctoral-granting institution in 2005 with the inauguration of a doctor of education in higher education leadership.
  Southeastern's business programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Southeastern was the first institution in Louisiana to achieve AACSB's separate and special accreditation in accounting. Graduates of both the MBA program and the Executive MBA program are serving widely in education and industry.
  In the aftermath of Tulane University's post-Katrina decision to close several engineering programs including computer engineering, Southeastern received approval from the Louisiana Board of Regents to develop an undergraduate curriculum in engineering technology within the Department of Computer Science & Industrial Technology.
caption: This medallion is the State of Louisiana's sole public commemoration of the 1930s governorship of Richard W. Leche (1898–1967). The medallion is on the east side north end of Strawberry Stadium.
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