Talent Pool
| University | Enrollment |
| Four Year Colleges & Universities: | |
| Centenary College of Louisiana - Shreveport | 974 |
| Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Barksdale AFB | 175 |
| Grambling State University | 4,994 |
| Louisiana State University - Shreveport | 4,504 |
| LSU - School of Medicine in Shreveport |
839 |
| Louisiana State University - Graduate Studies | 74 |
| Louisiana State University - School of Allied Health Professions | 292 |
| Louisiana Tech University - Barksdale AFB | 694 |
| Louisiana Tech University - Ruston | 11,743 |
| Northwestern State University - Natchitoches | 9,244 |
| Two Year Colleges & Universities: | |
| Blue Cliff College | 153 |
| Bossier Parish Community College | 6,473 |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical College – Shreveport/Bossier | 1,558 |
| Northwestern State University – Nursing Center | 1,017 |
| Southern University at Shreveport | 2,834 |
| Remington College | 517 |
Organized development programs that benefit our university/college structure and encourage them to act in concert with common goals are active in our market area. CERT (Consortium of Education, Research, and Technology ) takes a primary role in developing existing and cutting edge programs for different curriculum structures within our market. These programs are essential to our talent pool development. A sampling of these ground-breaking talent development programs include:
- Student Business Incubator at Bossier Parish Community College
- Cisco Networking Academy
- Aviation Maintenance Technology/Aviation Sciences
- Louisiana Scholars College
- CENIT (Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology)
