Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, also known as LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Founded in 1860, LSU is the flagship institution for the state, offering educational programs rooted in the unique culture, history and geography of Louisiana.

With a campus spread across 650 acres. LSU is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Agriculture
• College of Art & Design
• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Basic Sciences
• College of Continuing Education
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Library & Information Science
• College of Music & Dramatic Arts
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• E.J. Ourso College of Business
• Graduate School
• Honors College
• Louisiana State University School of Dentistry
• Louisiana State University School of Medicine
• Manship School of Mass Communication
• Paul M. Hebert Law Center
• School of Social Work
• School of the Coast and Environment
• University College

The university is undergoing a National Flagship Agenda, a seven-year plan to bring LSU to a new level of excellence by increasing research and scholarly productivity and the competitiveness of students.

The sports teams of LSU are nicknamed the Tigers. LSU is a member of the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Notable LSU alumni include Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States; Shaquille O'Neal, twice named as a first team Men's Basketball All-American and twice SEC Player of the Year; JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders Quarterback number 1 draft pick of 2006; James Carville, senior political advisor to Bill Clinton and political commentator; Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisian System; Academy Award-winning actor Joanne Woodward; and Walter Williams, NASA pioneer/founder, who established the organization's Dryden Flight Research Center.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in real estate and construction management, fine arts, liberal arts, music, and science.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,810 in 2009-2010 (26,500 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 80% of enrolled students, graduate students are 16%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 82% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

LSU provides on-campus housing for 4,785 of its 26,500 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southeastern Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 195 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 145 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

LSU offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (127 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (87 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (116 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Interior Architecture
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (977 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (69 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (57 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (31 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (582 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Sales & Marketing Oper/Marketing & Distribution Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (452 awarded)

• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (165 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (106 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (22 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science
• Plant Sciences

LAW (184 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,585 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (69 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (269 awarded)

• Communication and Media Studies
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (90 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (104 awarded)

• Health/Medical Physics
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

MUSIC (72 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (46 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (152 awarded)

• Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (37 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (582 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Entomology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physics
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (247 awarded)

• Psychology