Upper Iowa University at De Ridder Center

Upper Iowa University at De Ridder Center is an instructional site of Upper Iowa University located in DeRidder, Louisiana. Upper Iowa University is a private nonprofit institution headquartered in Fayette, Iowa, with an extensive network of off-campus centers across the United States serving working adult students. The DeRidder site extends UIU's adult-focused degree programs to students in the Beauregard Parish area of southwest Louisiana. Specific enrollment, completion, and retention data for this site are not separately reported in IPEDS.

No specific programs are individually listed for this DeRidder location in available IPEDS records. Upper Iowa University's off-campus centers typically offer bachelor's degree programs in fields such as business administration, accounting, public administration, social science, and management.

DeRidder is the parish seat of Beauregard Parish in southwest Louisiana, a region with economic ties to forestry, oil, and military installations including Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk). This center provides local working adults with access to bachelor's-level education without requiring relocation or long-distance commuting.