School Facts
McNeese State University is a public, comprehensive university. Founded as a two-year division of Louisiana State University in 1939, it became a four-year college in 1950. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Business, Education, Engineering and Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Nursing and Health Professions, and Science and Agriculture, and the Division of General and Basic Studies, and the Dore School of Graduate Studies. Its 98-acre campus is located in Lake Charles, 200 miles west of New Orleans.
| Public/private |
Public |
| Campus enrollment |
7,638 |
| Established in |
1939 |
| Coeducational |
Coeducational College, Founded Coeducational College |
| Accredited by |
• AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)
• ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.)
• ACEN (Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing)
• CAATE (Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education)
• CACREP (Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs)
• CAEP (Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation)
• CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education)
• JRCERT (Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology)
• NAACLS (National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences)
• NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design)
• NASM (National Association of Schools of Music)
• SACS (Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools)
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