Louisiana Tech University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Louisiana Tech University is a coeducational, public institution of higher learning located in Ruston, Louisiana, United States. It enrolls more than 10,000 students every year from over 45 states and more than 65 countries. It was established as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894. It gained the status of university in 1970.

In addition to the main campus, Louisiana Tech operates a satellite campus at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City. It offers an array of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Applied and Natural Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Science
• College of Liberal Arts

Louisiana Tech has an active Greek life. There are also several on-campus student clubs and organizations imcluding the Circle K International and Habitat for Humanity. The university’s sports teams are nicknamed the Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, design, conservation and resource management, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• 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 10,917 in 2009-2010 (8,908 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students and graduate students are 22%.

Students under 25 years old represent 65% of the student body. About 15% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Louisiana Tech provides on-campus housing for 2,420 of its 8,908 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 172 male students received the aid (men were 63% of those receiving aid) and 99 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 37% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Louisiana Tech offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (21 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (45 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Architecture and Related Services
• Interior Architecture

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (290 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (34 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Forestry
• Natural Resources/Conservation

DESIGN (35 awarded)

• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (235 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Speech or Language Impairments
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Speech Teacher Education
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING (247 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Systems Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (43 awarded)

• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (71 awarded)

• Consumer Economics
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (19 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (312 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (24 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (35 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (69 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (67 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (8 awarded)

• Photography

SCIENCE (110 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (70 awarded)

• Community Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (30 awarded)

• Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations