LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Volumes 4,824,474Microforms 2,259,763Audiovisual materials 32,511Maps 555,708Current periodical subscriptions 163,350Electronic books 757,009Electronic periodicals 315,380

2018-19 EXPENDITURES

UNRESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $212,898,344Research $66,244,365Public service $5,609,490Academic support $74,293,558Student services $19,294,935Institutional support $32,558,780Operations and maintenance $57,020,335Scholarships and fellowships $91,862,613Transfers and reappropriated -$1,722,049Total $558,060,371

RESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $70,324,251Research $90,173,058Public service $29,042,043Academic support $16,395,980Student services $12,205,720Institutional support $7,673,922Operations and maintenance $10,296,201Scholarships and fellowships $48,506,622Transfers and reappropriated $12,038,463Total $296,656,260

TOTAL EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $283,222,595Research $156,417,423Public service $34,651,533Academic support $90,689,538Student services $31,500,655Institutional support $40,232,702Operations and maintenance $67,316,536Scholarships and fellowships $140,369,235Transfers and reappropriated $10,316,414Total educational and general $854,716,631Total auxiliary enterprises $231,823,480

NUMBER OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Baccalaureate 73Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 1Master’s 74Doctoral 50 Post-Doctoral Certificate 1 Education Specialist 1Professional 3Post-Professional Certificate 1Graduate Certificate 19

Information in this brochure includes the LSU campus only. Visit the Office of Budget & Planning’s website at lsu.edu/bgtplan for additional information.

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION President

F. K I N G A LE X A N D E R

Executive Vice President & Provost STAC I A H AY N I E

Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration and CFODA N I E L L AY Z E LL

Vice President for Research & Economic DevelopmentSA M U E L B E NTLE Y

Vice President for Strategic Communications J I M SA BO U R I N

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives I S I A H WA R N E R

Vice President for Student Affairs J E R E M I A H S H I N N

Director of Athletics S COT T WO O DWA R D

• The LSU theatre program is ranked #2 in the nation for public universities.

• The LSU College of Art & Design’s Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture is consistently ranked as a top school in the country in undergraduate education.

• LSU is in the elite 1 percent of U.S. universities having land-, sea-, and space-grant status.

• The LSU Center for Internal Auditing is the premier internal audit program in the world and is a model for similar programs in other schools and countries.

• LSU’s game design and graphic design programs are ranked among the top 25 in the nation.

• LSU is home to the nation’s largest working model of the lower Mississippi River, which allows researchers to measure flood protection and protect land and industry along the river’s course.

• LSU Center for Academic Success has been designated as one of only three Learning Centers of Excellence by the National College Learning Center Association.

• LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine is one of only 30 accredited colleges of veterinary medicine in the U.S. The graduate program excels in research on equine health, vector-borne diseases, respiratory diseases, and molecular medicine and imaging.

• The LSU Department of French Studies has been recognized by the French Ambassador to the U.S. as a centre d’excellence, an honor given to only 15 university French programs in America.

LSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ACCESS UNIVERSITY

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2019

DID YOU KNOW?

FALL FACTS

FALL 2019 ENROLLMENT

GENDER U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Male 12,237 2,448 14,685Female 13,683 3,393 17,076Total 25,920 5,841 31,761

RACE/ETHNICITY U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

American Indian/Alaska Native 102 17 119Asian 1,201 143 1,344Black/African American 3,477 762 4,239Hispanic/Latino 1,838 341 2,179Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 29 7 36Nonresident Alien 528 1,071 1,599Two or More Races 670 79 749Unknown 304 203 507White 17,771 3,218 20,989 Total 25,920 5,841 31,761

COLLEGE/SCHOOL U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Agriculture 1,432 320 1,752Art & Design 953 106 1,059Business 1,744 382 2,126Coast & Environment 99 100 199Engineering 3,430 549 3,979Human Sciences & Education 1,788 763 2,551Humanities & Social Sciences 3,178 616 3,794Law Center 0 581 581Mass Communication 575 63 638Music & Dramatic Arts 404 183 587Nondegree/Graduate School 0 83 83Science 1,331 524 1,855U.C.-Ctr. for Adv./Couns. 2,489 0 2,489U.C.-Ctr. for Fresh. Year 8,409 0 8,409Veterinary Medicine 0 532 532LSU Online:

• Business 0 180 180• Engineering 88 50 138• Human Sciences & Education 0 802 802• Veterinary Medicine 0 7 7

Total 25,920 5,841 31,761

TIME U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Full-time 22,735 4,490 27,225Part-time 3,185 1,351 4,536Total 25,920 5,841 31,761

FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

FTE 23,429 5,297 28,726

Note: Full-time equivalent (FTE) = undergraduate and law student credit hours divided by 15, graduate student credit hours divided by 12, and LSU Online credit hours divided by 6.

PERMANENT ADDRESS U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Louisiana 21,020 2,741 23,761Other state 4,372 2,029 6,401Other country 528 1,071 1,599Total 25,920 5,841 31,761

CLASSIFICATION # OF STUDENTS AVG. AGE

Freshman 8,633 18.4Sophomore 5,629 20.0Junior 5,279 21.3Senior 6,379 23.2Master’s 2,858 29.9Doctoral 1,936 31.1Law 581 25.2Veterinary Medicine 466 26.0

NEW DEGREE-SEEKING TRANSFERS

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Transfers 361 363 724

2018-19 DEGREES AWARDED

DEGREE MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Baccalaureate 2,401 2,696 5,097Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 79 18 97Master’s 487 787 1,274Doctoral 171 154 325Education Specialist 4 19 23Professional 119 138 257Post-Professional Certificate 2 6 8Graduate Certificate 43 62 105Total 3,306 3,880 7,186

FALL 2019 NEW FRESHMAN INFORMATION

Note: Included are degree-seeking new freshmen who enrolled in the fall semester or prior summer term.

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Number applied 10,530 13,971 24,501Number admitted 7,843 10,429 18,272Number enrolled 2,842 3,284 6,126

TEST SCORES MEAN 25TH%ILE 75TH%ILE

ACT composite 25.6 23 28

RETENTION RATES

Note: Included are full-time degree-seeking new freshmen who enrolled in the fall semester or prior summer term.

FALL 2018 FRESHMAN CLASS

Number enrolled, fall 2018 5,809Number returning, fall 2019 4,824Percent returning, fall 2019 83.0%

GRADUATION RATES

Includes completers of transfer preparatory programs (pre-nursing and pre-allied health) as reported in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

FALL NEW FRESHMEN 4-YR 5-YR 6-YR

2008 5,135 39.3% 62.3% 67.3%2009 4,779 40.6% 62.5% 67.2%2010 5,477 41.7% 63.0% 68.0%2011 5,283 40.4% 61.8% 66.6%2012 5,717 41.3% 62.3% 66.5%2013 5,498 43.7% 63.7% 68.0%

2019-20 FULL-TIME TUITION AND FEES

UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2019 $5,982 $14,324Spring 2020 $5,980 $14,315Total $11,962 $28,639

GRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2019 $6,522 $14,991Spring 2020 $6,513 $14,979Total $13,035 $29,970

VETERINARY MEDICINE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2019 $13,717 $28,267Spring 2020 $13,712 $28,262 Total $27,429 $56,529

LAW CENTER RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2019 $11,850 $19,570Spring 2020 $11,853 $19,573 Total $23,703 $39,143

Note: Tuition/fees are for undergraduate, veterinary, and law students taking 30 hours and graduate students taking 24 hours per academic year.

LSU ONLINE MINIMUM MAXIMUM

Range per credit hour $326 $1,110

2019-20 ROOM AND BOARD

AVERAGE ROOM CHARGES

Double room with A/C (fall + spring) $8,030

AVERAGE ANNUAL BOARD CHARGES

15-meal plan (fall + spring) $4,246 Total average annual room and board $12,276

FALL 2019 HOUSING

U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Res. halls/U.G. apts.—men 3,318 60 3,378Res. halls/U.G. apts.—women 4,140 62 4,202Sorority houses 578 0 578Fraternity houses 220 0 220Graduate/family housing—men 5 68 73Graduate/family housing—women 7 32 39Total men 3,543 128 3,671Total women 4,725 94 4,819Total on campus 8,268 222 8,490Total off campus 17,564 4,580 22,144

Note: Sorority and fraternity housing statistics do not reflect total membership. Housing figures exclude LSU Online students.

2018-19 UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID

SOURCE OF FUNDS $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Federal $128,830,945 11,452State $103,751,784 14,972Institutional $99,077,809 15,671Other $23,020,732 2,506

TYPE OF AWARD $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Scholarships/Grants $219,643,093 19,494Loans $111,897,921 9,282Jobs $8,714,347 4,982Athletic $14,769,453 531

FALL 2019 FACULTY AND STAFF

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY RACE/ETHNICITY FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

American Indian/Alaska Native 4 0 4Asian 144 1 145Black/African American 58 6 64Hispanic/Latino 51 3 54Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0Nonresident Alien 100 0 100Two or More Races 5 1 6Unknown 28 1 29White 917 42 959Total 1,307 54 1,361

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY GENDER FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 799 32 831Female 508 22 530Total 1,307 54 1,361

STAFF BY GENDER FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 1,658 28 1,686Female 2,063 50 2,113Total 3,721 78 3,799

Note: Staff includes administrative, professional, classified, and other academic staff; excludes gratis, transients, graduate assistants, fellows, and student employees. Instructional faculty are reported according to IPEDS guidelines.

FALL 2019 FACULTY SALARIES

AVERAGE FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES BY RANK

Professor $127,753 Associate professor $87,892Assistant professor $86,105Instructor $49,375