Louisiana State University at Eunice (LSUE) is a two-year public community college offering a variety of programs and courses. LSUE is located in the city of Eunice, Louisiana, in the southwestern portion of the state. The student population is drawn primarily from the five parishes surrounding the college, an area that is predominantly rural and supported by an agricultural economy.

LSUE was established as a two-year campus of the Louisiana State University System by the LSU Board of Supervisors on February 6, 1965. Area residents, eager to have a college campus accessible to students in this rural and economically depressed area, donated 50 acres of property in Acadia Parish for the college site. Since 1967, when the first academic session was held, LSUE has grown from a campus consisting of three buildings with an enrollment of 343 students to a campus of nine buildings, employing more than 180 faculty and staff, and with an enrollment of close to 3,000 students. LSUE curricula are distributed mainly in the areas of liberal arts, sciences, business and technology, and nursing and allied health. Most transfer courses offered at LSUE are the same as those offered on the LSU-Baton Rouge campus for the freshman and sophomore years.

The city of Eunice, where LSUE is located, has a population of 11,000, while most of the remaining towns in the five parish area surrounding LSUE are considerably smaller. The College's student population strongly reflects the rural, sparsely populated, and economically depressed characteristics of the region. The LSUE student body has always included large numbers of first-generation college students and non-traditional students, including single working mothers, displaced oil field workers, and older students seeking professional training and certification programs. As the only fully accredited, degree-granting college in the area offering a full range of Liberal Arts and technical associate degree programs, LSUE serves a vital need in the region.