First Time Freshman Admission Criteria

Non-Traditional Freshmen Admission Criteria

Transfer Admission Criteria

Readmission Criteria

Semester Visitor/Non-Degree Seeking Criteria

Dual Enrollment/High School Criteria

International Admission Criteria

Official test scores are used to determine developmental need. Official ACT/SAT/Compass/Accuplacer scores must come directly to the Office of Admissions from the testing agency or ACT/College Board.

ACT/SAT/Compass/Accuplacer Placement

An application fee is required for all applicants ($20 US Citizens, $30 International). Application fees will be assessed to all undergraduate student accounts after enrollment in classes who have not paid the fee and do not have an application fee waiver on file. Application fee waivers must be submitted to NSU directly by your high school or authorized official.

Application Fee Waiver

Official transcripts are required from all former institutions attended, regardless of whether or not the credits transfer. All transcripts must be on file and evaluated before an admission decision can be made. Official transcripts must be delivered to the Office of Admissions in a sealed unopened envelope from each former institution to be considered official.

We realize final high school transcripts are not yet available for current high school seniors. If you are currently a high school senior attending an out of state high school, please be sure to request your high school mail an official final transcript to NSU after you graduate. If you are a current Louisiana high school student or graduated from a Louisiana state approved high school in the past 3 years, we will download your transcript from the state transcript system.

If you graduated from a Louisiana state approved high school 4 years ago or longer, you will need to request your official transcript from your high school to be mailed or faxed to the Office of Admissions. If you earned a GED or HiSET, we will need the official test scores from the institution that awarded the diploma.

Official transcripts and test scores are those that are delivered to the Office of Admissions in an unopened school envelop from the high school or testing agency or faxed/emailed directly to the Office of Admissions from the high school or testing agency.

Immunization Form

Please complete the compliance form if records are available. Compliance forms can be printed and filled out by hand and faxed to 318-357-4660 or emailed to the admissions office using the email address of applications@nsula.edu. Please email or fax proof of immunization records from your Physician or Care Provider as well.

Please complete the waiver if records are not available, if taking all online classes only, etc. This form can be completed digitally and emailed to the admissions office using the email address of applications@nsula.edu. Waivers can also be printed and filled out by hand and faxed to 318-357-4660.

Louisiana Law (R.S. 17:170.1 Schools of Higher Learning) requires all students entering Northwestern State University to be immunized for the following: Measles (2 doses), Mumps, Rubella—required for those born on or after January 1, 1957; Tetanus-Diphtheria (within the past 10 years); and against Meningococcal disease (Meningitis). The guidelines presented on the back of the “Proof of Immunization Compliance Form” are for the purpose of implementing the requirements of Louisiana R.S. 17:170.1, and of meeting the established recommendations for control of vaccine-preventable diseases as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the United States Public Health Service (ACIP); and the American College Health Association (ACHA). Students not meeting the MMR & TD requirement will be prevented from registering for subsequent semesters.

See your high school guidance counselor to ensure you are on track to completing this curriculum.

View Regent’s Core Curriculum

Males only. Visit the Selective Service website and register or verify your registration, then FAX verification of your registration to us 318-357-4660.

Selective Service Registration

If this is requested, we either do not have a social security number on file for you, or there is a discrepancy with the number that you submitted to us.

Admission Application (paper form)

Admissions Exception Committee Appeal Form

Collegiate Application for Admission

Immunization Form

Please complete the compliance form if records are available. Compliance forms can be printed and filled out by hand and faxed to 318-357-4660 or emailed to the admissions office using the email address of applications@nsula.edu. Please email or fax proof of immunization records from your Physician or Care Provider as well.

Please complete the waiver if records are not available, if taking all online classes only, etc. This form can be completed digitally and emailed to the admissions office using the email address of applications@nsula.edu. Waivers can also be printed and filled out by hand and faxed to 318-357-4660.

Louisiana Law (R.S. 17:170.1 Schools of Higher Learning) requires all students entering Northwestern State University to be immunized for the following: Measles (2 doses), Mumps, Rubella—required for those born on or after January 1, 1957; Tetanus-Diphtheria (within the past 10 years); and against Meningococcal disease (Meningitis). The guidelines presented on the back of the “Proof of Immunization Compliance Form” are for the purpose of implementing the requirements of Louisiana R.S. 17:170.1, and of meeting the established recommendations for control of vaccine-preventable diseases as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP); the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to the United States Public Health Service (ACIP); and the American College Health Association (ACHA). Students not meeting the MMR & TD requirement will be prevented from registering for subsequent semesters.

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