About Southern University at Shreveport

Founded by a legislative act in 1964, Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) opened its doors in 1967 as a two-year community college serving Shreveport and surrounding areas in Louisiana.  From the beginning, the priority has been to aid people from diverse backgrounds to improve the quality of their lives and become contributing participants in this community's cultural and economic development. As the needs of the Shreveport/Bossier City metropolitan area have changed over the years, so has the Southern University at Shreveport campus and its role as an active participant in raising the level of excellence for the community. 

It is one of five campuses comprising the Historically Black Southern University System.  SUSLA has approximately 3,180 undergraduate students, 413 full and part-time employees including 175 faculty members. The University offers 33 undergraduate degrees, and confers some 350 degrees annually. SUSLA’s annual operating budget is approximately $12 million. The physical plant, located on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is more than 100 acres with 11 buildings. SUSLA has two additional locations to provide educational opportunities and accessibility: the Downtown Metro Center providing state-of-the-art allied health programs, and the Aerospace Technology Center at the Shreveport Downtown Airport that houses the FAA-approved Aerospace Technology and Maintenance programs.

SUSLA is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and is classified by the Southern Region Education Board as a Two-Year VII institution to offer the Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied Sciences degrees and the One-Year Certificate. 

Visit www.susla.edu for more information about the star of the Southern University System.

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