Editing Lake Charles, Louisiana (section)

===Universities and colleges===
[[File:Shearman Fine Arts Center, McNeese State University.jpg|thumb|right|Entrance Plaza and Shearman Fine Arts Center at [[McNeese State University]]]]
The city has one university and one community college. [[McNeese State University]], on a {{convert|121|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus lined with oak trees in the heart of Lake Charles, is a four-year public university in the [[University of Louisiana System]]. [[Contraband Bayou]] flows through it. McNeese was founded in 1939 and named after educator [[John McNeese]]. It offers over 80 majors, and includes the colleges of [[Business]], [[Education]], Engineering and Engineering Technology, [[Liberal Arts]], [[Nursing]], [[Science]], Honors College, and the Doré School of Graduate Studies. It is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.mcneese.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=68#accr |title=General Information – McNeese State University – Acalog ACMS™ |website=Catalog.mcneese.edu |date=September 11, 1939 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> Other properties include a {{convert|65|acre|m2|adj=on}} athletic plant and student apartment complex, the Louisiana Environmental Research Center, [[Burton Coliseum]], the {{convert|503|acre|km2|adj=on}} MSU Farm, and nearly {{convert|1600|acre|km2}} of donated farm property used for research, farming, and ranching.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcneese.edu/parents/facts.asp |title=McNeese State University |access-date=February 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803073709/http://www2.mcneese.edu/parents/facts.asp |archive-date=August 3, 2013 }}</ref> Over 8,500 students attend McNeese.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcneese.edu/news/news/f09enrollment.asp |title=McNeese State University |access-date=January 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701140330/http://www.mcneese.edu/news/news/f09enrollment.asp |archive-date=July 1, 2010 }}</ref>

[[SOWELA Technical Community College]] offers associate degrees, technical diplomas, certificate programs, and general education courses that can transfer to four-year universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sowela.edu/about_us.asp |title=About SOWELA Technical Community College Programs, Non-credit Programs |website=Sowela.edu |date=July 1, 2003 |access-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> Delta School of Business and Technology specializes in vocational courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deltatech.edu/about-us/fast-facts/|title=Fast Facts – Delta Tech|website=Deltatech.edu|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726183256/http://deltatech.edu/about-us/fast-facts/|url-status=dead}}</ref>