The TOPS University Diploma is intended for those students whose goal is to enter a 4-year university following graduation, such as UL Lafayette, LSU Baton Rouge, McNeese State University in Lake Charles, or another 4-year university.  This pathway is academically rigorous and requires students to take 2 years of a foreign language and an Advanced Math course.

Twenty-four credits in the right courses are required for this diploma.

Students must choose from the following courses in the TOPS University Diploma, for a total of at least 24 Carnegie Unit credits.  Students must also achieve at least a minimum GPA (Grade Point Average) calculated from core subjects (English, Math, Science, Social Studies) and the Foreign Language subject.  This GPA requirement varies depending on the university to which the student applies for admission.

GPA/ ACT SCORES NEEDED FOR ADMISSION TO LOUISIANA PUBLIC 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES

FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY

LSU-Baton Rouge
3.0 GPA/25 ACT Composite
Higher ACT scores may allow for a lower GPA and vice versa.  Higher ACT sub-scores may allow for a lower ACT Composite minimum.

STATEWIDE UNIVERSITIES

UL-Lafayette, Louisiana Tech (Ruston), UNO (New Orleans)
2.5 GPA/23 ACT Composite
Higher ACT scores may allow for a lower GPA and vice versa.  Higher ACT sub-scores may allow for a lower ACT Composite minimum.

REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES

Southern University (Baton Rouge), Southern University (New Orleans), McNeese (Lake Charles), Nicholls State (Thibodaux), Northwestern (Natchitoches), UL-Monroe, Southeastern (Hammond), LSU-Alexandria, LSU-Shreveport
2.0 GPA/20 ACT Composite
Higher ACT scores may allow for a lower GPA and vice versa.  Higher ACT sub-scores may allow for a lower ACT Composite minimum.