Academic Common Market

Academic Common Market (ACM) is a tuition-saving program for college students in the 16 Southern Regional Education Board member states who want to pursue degrees that are not offered by their in-state institutions. Students can enroll in out-of-state institutions that offer their degree program and pay that institution's in-state tuition rate.

ACM enrollment waives your out-of-state tuition costs and grants you the Louisiana resident tuition rate. Because you are exempt from the non-resident tuition rate, your nonresident scholarship awards will be updated to reflect the in-state award amount.

Nonresident scholarships cannot be combined with Academic Common Market.

Apply for Academic Common Market

Step 1: Contact your home state’s SREB rep

To begin the Academic Common Market process, you’ll need to contact your home state’s SREB representative. Your home state’s representative will have documents for you to submit before moving on in the ACM process.

How to find your state’s SREB rep

1. Visit the Program Search page on the SREB website
2. Select your home state
3. Click the “State Information” button

Step 2: Submit the LSU ACM interest form

Upon submission of the ACM Interest Form, your interest in Academic Common Market at LSU will be officially recorded.

Step 3: Receive LSU ACM letter in Admission Portal

Upon approval of your Academic Common Market status, you will be able to download a PDF of your letter in your Admission Portal.

Step 4: Send official letter to SREB state rep

Submit the above letter to your home state’s SREB rep.

Step 5: Monitor myLSU for tuition exemption

Upon receipt of your official letter, the SREB will send confirmation to LSU that you are eligible to enroll in Academic Common Market. Because of this, your tuition exemption may not be updated by the time fee bills are due. Exemptions will be accepted until the last day of classes each semester, and refunds will be issued for the difference.

Step 6: Continue to meet the requirements for Academic Common Market

Once enrolled at LSU, the University Registrar will monitor your eligibility for Academic Common Market. See additional provisions below:

• To maintain the full ACM exemption you must remain in the state-approved respective degree program and enroll in a minimum of 12 hours of courses that apply directly to the approved degree program
• If you enroll part-time or in less than 12 credit hours of degree-applicable courses, you will only receive a partial exemption
  • Graduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit hours of degree-applicable courses
• If you change majors, you will need to reapply for ACM to continue to receive the exemption
• If you are not enrolled at LSU for one or more fall or spring semesters, you must reapply for ACM through your state coordinator
• Contact the University Registrar for any inquiries or changes to your degree program

 

 

Eligible States & Undergraduate Programs for ACM

Please note: This list only contains undergraduate programs, and it is subject to change due to individual state program requirement changes.

 

Alabama

• Biological Engineering
• Coastal Environmental Science: Applied Coastal Environmental Science
• Coastal Environmental Science: Environmental Science and Research
• Geography: Disaster Science & Management (BA or BS)
• Mass Communication: Journalism
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Watershed Science
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Wetland Science
• Petroleum Engineering

Arkansas

• Biochemistry
• Coastal Environmental Science: Applied Coastal Environmental Science
• Coastal Environmental Science: Environmental Science and Research
• Environmental Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

Delaware

• Architecture
• Biological Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Interior Design
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Pre-veterinary Medicine–Wildlife & Fisheries
• Petroleum Engineering

Georgia

• Coastal Environmental Science: Applied Coastal Environmental Science
• Environmental Management Systems
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Fisheries & Aquaculture
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Wildlife Ecology
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Wildlife Habitat Conservation & Management
• Petroleum Engineering

Kentucky

• Architecture
• Biological Sciences-Marine Biology
• Environmental Engineering
• International Trade and Finance
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Petroleum Engineering

Maryland

• Biological Engineering
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Wildlife Ecology
• Natural Resource Ecology & Management: Wildlife Habitat Conservation & Management
• Petroleum Engineering

Mississippi

• Coastal Environmental Science: Applied Coastal Environmental Science
• Coastal Environmental Science: Environmental Science and Research
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Management Systems
• Mass Communication: Political Communication

Oklahoma

• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Sport Administration: Sport Commerce
• Sport Administration: Sport Leadership

South Carolina

• Interior Design
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Petroleum Engineering
• Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising: Apparel Design

Tennessee

• Coastal Environmental Science: Applied Coastal Environmental Science
• Landscape Architecture
• Marine Biology
• Mass Communication: Political Communication
• Petroleum Engineering

Virginia

• Petroleum Engineering
• Political Communication

West Virginia

• Architecture
• Environmental Management Systems