Elementary and Secondary Education

The Lafayette Parish School System is Louisiana's 7^th largest public school system, serving more than 30,000 students. The district:

• offers Schools of Choice at the Elementary, Middle, and High School levels - programs of study include business and finance, arts, math and science, healthcare, and information technology
• is home to Montessori preschools and elementary schools
• has a French Immersion program that teaches the core subjects to students in French - process begins in the pre-kindergarten or kindergarten classes at campuses across the parish

Post-Secondary Education

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette , the second-largest university in the state, boasts over 17,000 students, 10 colleges and schools, and world -recognized areas of excellence including Louisiana and Deep South Studies, Computing and Telecommunications, Cultural and Eco-Tourism, Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity, Health Informatics, and Cognitive Science
• Other unique features of UL Lafayette include a 600-acre renewable resources laboratory, a 48-acre primate research center, and the University Research Park housing a NASA Regional Application Center, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Wetlands Research Center, the Lafayette Economic Development Authority and the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) among others
• South Louisiana Community College - has a local Lafayette campus and a partnership with the National EMS Academy for EMT-Basic and Paramedic certification
• Acadiana Technical College (formerly Louisiana Technical College) - offers business and industry training and life-long learning opportunities at a Lafayette campus

UL Lafayette Fall Enrollment

Source: UL Lafayette Department of Institutional Research