Acadiana high school students have two college options close to home for earning credit early: the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and South Louisiana Community College. How LA GATOR fits depends on whether your student is enrolled full time at a private school or learning at home.
UL Lafayette's program
According to the university's University Connection office, the 2025-26 high school dual enrollment program was open to students who had finished their junior year, were on track for the TOPS core curriculum, held at least a 2.50 unweighted GPA and met qualifying test scores. Tuition was $200 per three-credit face-to-face course and $300 per three-credit hybrid or online course, not counting textbooks, course fees and parking. Students could take up to seven credit hours a semester and could not take honors, UNIV 100 or major-restricted courses such as engineering or nursing. Applications for 2026-27 opened April 1, 2026.
South Louisiana Community College
SLCC has campuses in each of the eight parishes this site covers, from its main campus in Lafayette to campuses in Crowley, New Iberia, Ville Platte, Opelousas, St. Martinville, Franklin, Morgan City and Abbeville. Ask the college and your high school what dual-enrollment courses are offered at the campus nearest you.
How the account fits
Enrolled full time at an approved school: the account pays that school's tuition and required fees. College courses are paid from the account only if the school includes them in what it bills. Ask whether dual-enrollment courses are part of the program and how they are charged.
Learning at home: dual enrollment is an approved marketplace category, so a home-based student can use the award for college courses from a provider registered in Odyssey. Confirm the college is listed before you register.
Approved high schools in the eight parishes
| School | City | Grades | K-12 students |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Thomas More Catholic High School | Lafayette | 9-12 | 1,063 |
| Teurlings Catholic High School | Lafayette | 9-12 | 886 |
| Sacred Heart School | Ville Platte | K-12 | 706 |
| Catholic High School | New Iberia | 4-12 | 622 |
| Ascension Episcopal School | Lafayette | PK-12 | 520 |
| Central Catholic School | Morgan City | PK-12 | 505 |
| Vermilion Catholic | Abbeville | PK-12 | 490 |
| Westminster Christian Academy (Lafayette) | Lafayette | PK-12 | 481 |
| Opelousas Catholic School | Opelousas | PK-12 | 458 |
| St. Edmund Catholic School | Eunice | PK-12 | 432 |
| Westminster Christian Academy (Opelousas) | Opelousas | PK-12 | 415 |
| Lafayette Christian Academy | Lafayette | 8-12 | 377 |
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Grand Coteau | PK-12 | 369 |
| John Paul the Great Academy | Lafayette | PK-12 | 368 |
| Notre Dame High School | Crowley | 9-12 | 307 |
| Acadiana Christian School | New Iberia | PK-12 | 302 |
| Highland Baptist Christian School | New Iberia | PK-12 | 295 |
| First Baptist Christian School | Lafayette | PK-12 | 271 |
| Episcopal School of Acadiana | Cade | 6-12 | 251 |
| Family Worship Christian Academy | Opelousas | PK-12 | 192 |
| Hanson Memorial School | Franklin | 6-12 | 150 |
| Northside Christian School | Crowley | 8-12 | 105 |
| Immanuel Christian School | Morgan City | PK-12 | 96 |
Approved schools serving grade 12 with at least 90 K-12 students. Source: LDOE 2025-26 BESE-approved list.
Questions to ask
- Does the high school offer dual-enrollment courses, and with which college?
- Are they taught on the high school campus or at the college?
- Is the cost included in tuition, billed as a fee, or paid by the family?
- Do the credits count toward TOPS and toward the high school diploma?