Petra College is a for-profit under 2-year college in Hammond, Louisiana with 31 undergraduates. It admits 100% of applicants.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
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A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
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Admission rate
100%
US median 78%
Completion rate
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Median debt
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Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 0%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 100%
- Undergraduates
- 31
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 23
- Retention rate
- 100%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | LA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $14,810 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $9,181 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 100% | 78% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | - | 57% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 100% | 71% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $13,136 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $27,631 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $32,992 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Petra College?
100% of applicants are admitted to Petra College. The median admission rate of colleges in Louisiana is 78%.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.