LREC-approved school #9150, based in Lafayette and teaching statewide. The 90-hour pre-license course runs $150 self-paced or $600 live, the 45-hour post-license course is $130, and continuing education is $39. Taught by a working Louisiana broker, not a narrator.
Choose your path
Start the current pre-license path, see what a Louisiana real estate license costs, and choose the format that fits your schedule.
Find the right CE option for agents or brokers without digging through unrelated courses.
Take the free career-fit assessment before you commit to the full licensing course.
Ways to learn
Licensing is still the main path, but EXCEL also serves working REALTORS®, returning licensees, and people who want to understand the business before they commit. If you would rather learn in a room with other students, we also run real estate classes in Lafayette.
Start the current 90-hour pre-license path with online study, supported learning options, and exam prep resources.
Find CE options for active agents and brokers without sorting through unrelated courses.
Explore NAR certifications, designations, and REALTOR®-focused courses taught for agents who want sharper client advisory skills.
Use the free career-fit assessment and early-stage resources to decide whether the real estate path fits your goals.
90-hour pre-license course with online and supported learning options
Get licensed
Pre-license education comes before you can move toward the salesperson exam. EXCEL keeps the decision simple: learn online, add in-person support, and use practice resources as you build confidence.
Built around the real requirements students need to satisfy before moving toward the exam.
Online, live, and hybrid learning options help students match the course to real life.
Practice tests and flashcards help students study with a clearer target.
The school can support students after licensing with continuing education.
Already Licensed?
Choose the right course, understand the format, complete the requirement, and keep your renewal moving without sorting through unrelated products.
Courses run on a scheduled date over Zoom. You join the session, learn alongside other licensees, and ask the instructor questions as they come up. Live Zoom CE is split by role, so start with the one that matches your license.
Choose Live/Virtual CE
No Zoom link, no class date, no instructor session to attend. You enroll, the course opens immediately, and you work through it whenever you have time - at night, between showings, or in one sitting.
Choose On-demand CE
This 45-hour post-license course prepares newly licensed Louisiana real estate professionals to practice competently, ethically, and in full compliance with state and federal law.
Choose 45 Hour Post LicenseFree first step
Start with the free assessment before you buy the full pre-license course. It should give career-curious visitors fast clarity, then point serious prospects toward the licensing path.
Why EXCEL
Approved education, local context, flexible formats, practice support, and a school students can return to after licensing.
The current approved path is clear without making the whole brand feel limited to one market forever.
The 90-hour pre-license course gets the clarity and priority it deserves.
Existing agents and brokers get a direct route to continuing education.
Visitors choose a path based on intent instead of decoding a mixed product catalog.
LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE SCHOOL
The questions we hear most from people comparing real estate schools in Louisiana. Straight answers, before you enroll.
Yes. Excel is a Louisiana school teaching Louisiana courses, built to Louisiana requirements rather than adapted from a national template. Our continuing education provider number is LCE 0242. We are based in Lafayette and teach students across the state, from Shreveport and Monroe down through Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, and New Orleans.
Ninety hours of approved pre-license education before you can sit for the salesperson exam. That number is set by the state and does not change based on which school you pick. What changes is how those ninety hours are delivered and how much support you get while you work through them. After you pass and are licensed, Louisiana gives you 180 days from your initial license date to complete a further forty five hours of post-license education.
No. The course is built for the Louisiana license, but you can take it from anywhere with an internet connection. It is fully online and self-paced, so it works the same whether you are in Baton Rouge, Shreveport, or Lake Charles, stationed out of state, or relocating to Louisiana from somewhere else entirely. What matters is that the coursework meets Louisiana requirements, not where you sit while you do it. Nothing about the online version is a lighter or shortened path. Same required hours, same material.
The course is one piece of it. You should also budget for the state exam fee, the license application fee, fingerprinting and a background check, and errors and omissions insurance once you are licensed. Those state and third party costs are the same no matter which school you attend. Our current course pricing is listed on each course page so you can see the full picture before you commit.
Most people finish the ninety hour course in two to four months, depending on how many hours a week they can give it. Students who treat it like a steady part-time commitment tend to land near the shorter end. After the course you schedule and sit the state exam, then find a sponsoring broker to hold your license. Plan for a few weeks between finishing the course and being active with a brokerage.
Ninety hours of approved pre-license education before you can sit for the salesperson exam. That number is set by the state and does not change based on which school you pick. What changes is how those ninety hours are delivered and how much support you get while you work through them. After you pass and are licensed, Louisiana gives you 180 days from your initial license date to complete a further forty five hours of post-license education.
Both. The ninety hour pre-license course runs fully online and self-paced, and we also teach it live and in person in Lafayette for people who learn better with an instructor in the room. Continuing education runs both on demand and as live Zoom classes, split by agent and broker role. You pick the format that fits how you actually learn.
You are taught by a working Louisiana broker who still runs a brokerage, not by a narrator reading slides written somewhere else. The examples come from Louisiana contracts and Louisiana transactions, and the questions you ask get answered by someone doing the work this week. We are also a small school on purpose, so you are not a ticket number in a queue.
Ready when you are
Choose the route that matches where you are today: start licensing, complete your CE, or take the free assessment before you commit.
