by our College Data Analytics Team
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College was awarded 402 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is geological & earth sciences.
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College Factual ranked Louisiana State University as #271 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Louisiana State University held the #293 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 29 colleges in Louisiana, Louisiana State University is ranked at #2.
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The acceptance rate at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is 71%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Louisiana State University is a good fit for you.
About 12% of students accepted to Louisiana State University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 660.
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At Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, the student to faculty ratio is 22 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Louisiana State University the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 27,825 undergraduates at Louisiana State University with 24,097 being full-time and 3,728 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,318 | $15,403 | $19,623 | $23,280 | $24,316 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Louisiana State University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Louisiana State University, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $7,670 a year. That adds up to $30,680 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Louisiana State University is 4.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Louisiana State University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 156 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-2750 |
| Phone: | 225-578-3202 |
| Website: | www.lsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/geauxlsu |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/lsu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 356 | $28,061 |
| General Biology | 313 | $18,374 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 301 | $35,258 |
| Marketing | 220 | $36,694 |
| Business Administration & Management | 190 | $41,354 |
| General Psychology | 188 | $24,967 |
| Economics | 188 | NA |
| Construction Management | 180 | $63,541 |
| Political Science & Government | 158 | $27,401 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 154 | $35,523 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 18,052 students took at least one online class at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. This is a decrease from the 29,021 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 18,052 | 2,966 |
| 2019-2020 | 29,021 | 9,855 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,775 | 1,154 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,289 | 1,014 |
| 2016-2017 | 6,815 | 822 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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