Since its founding in 1898, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has graduated over 100,000 students. Of these, the Office of Advancement Services manages information on nearly 80,000 graduates and estates. Alumni Services maintains regular contact with these individuals to encourage ongoing engagement with the University, despite the fact that graduates are living throughout the world and in every state in the United States.
The geographic distribution of alumni living in the U.S. as of September 2010 is as follows, by state:
Alaska 65
Alabama 518
Arkansas 278
Arizona 244
California 1,430
Colorado 428
Connecticut 91
District of Columbia 80
Delaware 18
Florida 1,447
Georgia 965
Hawaii 24
Iowa 62
Idaho 33
Illinois 331
Indiana 111
Kansas 86
Kentucky 113
Louisiana 54,950
Massachusetts 184
Maryland 267
Maine 14
Michigan 159
Minnesota 96
Missouri 209
Mississippi 682
Montana 39
North Carolina 472
North Dakota 8
Nebraska 47
New Hampshire 32
New Jersey 195
New Mexico 133
Nevada 97
New York 300
Ohio 212
Oklahoma 265
Oregon 146
Pennsylvania 195
Rhode Island 24
South Carolina 197
South Dakota 11
Tennessee 482
Texas 8,057
Utah 58
Virginia 553
Vermont 19
Washington 271
West Virginia 36
Wisconsin 75
Wyoming 26
Total 77,093