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Louisiana Christian University

Pineville, Louisiana Private nonprofit 4-year Small suburb

Overview

Louisiana Christian University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Pineville, Louisiana. Its campus is in a small suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 936, made up of 763 undergraduates and 173 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Southern Baptist.

Louisiana Christian University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 58 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Social Work, and Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. It awarded 236 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 9 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

52% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 10 to 1.

Key figures

936
Students enrolled
52%
First-year retention
236
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
58
Programs and majors
10:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 58

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 7
Education 14
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 2
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Theology and Religious Vocations 2
Visual and Performing Arts 5
Health Professions 5
Psychology 1
History 1
Physical Sciences 1
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Mathematics and Statistics 3
Communication and Journalism 5
Social Sciences 1
English Language and Literature 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
52%
Student-to-faculty ratio
10:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
150
Associate degrees
6
Master's degrees
72
Certificates under 1 year
7
Postbaccalaureate certificates
1

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
936
Undergraduates, fall 2024
763
Graduate students, fall 2024
173
Full-time, fall 2024
76%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,062
Undergraduates, 2024-25
809
Graduate students, 2024-25
253
Full-time, 2024-25
74%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
52%
Men
48%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
3%
Black or African American
27%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
9
Programs with a fully online option
5
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
31%
Students taking some online courses
38%

Campus and services

Setting
Small suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Sooner Athletic Conference; Red River Athletic Conference
President
Mark Johnson
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training

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