Did You Know? Fall Facts 2015

Information provided by LSU Office of Budget & Planning Produced by the LSU Division of Strategic Communications

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NUMBER OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Baccalaureate 72Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 1Master’s 70Doctoral 46Education Specialist 1Professional 3Post-Professional Certificate 1Graduate Certificate 16

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Volumes 4,261,472Microforms 2,257,203Audiovisual materials 27,612Maps 555,708Current periodical subscriptions 163,936Electronic books 502,914Electronic periodicals 251,890

2014-15 EXPENDITURES

UNRESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $204,315,168Research $57,327,910Public service $4,619,584Academic support $68,201,002Student services $15,632,756Institutional support $26,832,899Operations and maintenance $57,290,066Scholarships and fellowships $57,613,398Transfers and reappropriated $-211,509Total $491,621,274

RESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $56,273,105Research $85,000,985Public service $28,245,546Academic support $12,668,913Student services $10,610,457Institutional support $5,361,613Operations and maintenance $5,860,774Scholarships and fellowships $43,822,571Transfers and reappropriated $15,038,008Total $262,881,972

TOTAL EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $260,588,273Research $142,328,895Public service $32,865,130Academic support $80,869,915Student services $26,243,213Institutional support $32,194,512Operations and maintenance $63,150,840Scholarships and fellowships $101,435,969Transfers and reappropriated $14,826,499Total educational and general $754,503,246Total auxiliary enterprises $190,283,799

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

University Administration

President

F. King Alexander

Executive Vice President & Provost

Richard Koubek

Vice President for Finance & Administration/CFO

Daniel Layzell

Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Kalliat Valsaraj

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Isiah Warner

Vice President for Student Life & Enrollment

Kurt Keppler

Vice President & Director of Athletics

Joe Alleva

• LSU is a member of the Laser-Interferometer-Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration, a dynamic group of scientists from around the globe collaborating to detect and study gravitational waves.

• 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.

• The Daily Reveille, LSU’s student-run newspaper, was recently named the nation’s best all-around student newspaper by the Society of Professional Journalists.

• 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.

• The LSU TigerRacing Team is the only competitive collegiate FSAE team in Louisiana. The team designs and builds a racecar from scratch every year and tests it on the track at national and international arenas.

• The College of Science is the top producer of African American PhDs and women PhDs in chemistry in the U.S.

• U.S. News & World Report ranked the E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Flores MBA program ninth in the nation for enrollment of women in the 2014-15 academic year.

• Through the College of Engineering, LSU is the only university in North America where future petroleum engineers can get hands-on training in well control by working at a full-scale well control research and training facility, the Petroleum Engineering Research & Technology Transfer Laboratory.

LSU IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ACCESS UNIVERSITY

FALL 2015 ENROLLMENT

GENDER U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Male 12,613 2,484 15,097Female 13,546 2,884 16,430Total 26,159 5,368 31,527

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

American Indian/Alaska Native 85 12 97Asian 1,092 122 1,214Black/African American 3,156 547 3,703Hispanic/Latino 1,551 216 1,767Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 35 0 35Nonresident Alien 556 1,148 1,704Two or More Races 582 81 663Unknown 114 104 218White 18,988 3,138 22,126 Total 26,159 5,368 31,527

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

Agriculture 1,384 343 1,727Art & Design 773 124 897Business 2,011 494 2,505Coast & Environment 85 121 206Engineering 4,184 597 4,781Human Sciences & Education 2,005 797 2,802Humanities & Social Sciences 2,807 607 3,414Law Center 0 537 537Mass Communication 556 64 620Music & Dramatic Arts 347 204 551Nondegree/Graduate School 0 118 118Science 1,536 521 2,057U.C.-Ctr. for Adv./Couns. 3,008 0 3,008U.C.-Ctr. for Fresh. Year 7,377 0 7,377Veterinary Medicine 0 476 476LSU Online:—Business 0 100 100—Engineering 86 35 121—Human Sciences & Education 0 230 230Total 26,159 5,368 31,527

TIME U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Full-time 23,602 4,236 27,838Part-time 2,557 1,132 3,689Total 26,159 5,368 31,527

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

FTE 23,989 4,876 28,865

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 21,379 2,642 24,021Other state 4,224 1,578 5,802Other country 556 1,148 1,704Total 26,159 5,368 31,527

CLASSIFICATION # OF STUDENTS AVG. AGE

Freshman 7,332 18.6Sophomore 6,062 20.0Junior 5,914 21.4Senior 6,851 23.6Master’s 2,449 29.0Doctoral 1,960 30.8Law 537 25.7Veterinary Medicine 422 26.0

NEW DEGREE-SEEKING TRANSFERS

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Transfers 573 473 1,046

2014-15 DEGREES AWARDED

DEGREE MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Baccalaureate 2,233 2,416 4,649Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 12 2 14Master’s 502 628 1,130Doctoral 189 142 331Education Specialist 2 8 10Professional 132 141 273Post-Professional Certificate 3 2 5Graduate Certificate 4 6 10Total 3,077 3,345 6,422

FALL 2015 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 7,572 9,857 17,429Number admitted 5,865 7,615 13,480Number enrolled 2,496 3,128 5,624

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 2014 FRESHMAN CLASS

Number enrolled, fall 2014 5,652Number returning, fall 2015 4,787Percent returning, fall 2015 84.7%

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

2005 4,967 31.0% 56.0% 61.9%2006 4,503 35.7% 61.0% 66.7%2007 4,588 40.1% 64.6% 69.1%2008 5,135 39.3% 62.3% 67.3%2009 4,779 40.6% 62.5% 67.2%

2015-16 FULL-TIME TUITION & FEES

UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2015 $4,861 $13,443Spring 2016 $4,981 $13,562Total $9,842 $27,005

GRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2015 $5,483 $14,110Spring 2016 $5,599 $14,226Total $11,082 $28,336

VETERINARY MEDICINE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2015 $12,656 $27,206Spring 2016 $12,774 $27,324 Total $25,430 $54,530

LAW CENTER RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2015 $10,987 $20,662Spring 2016 $10,990 $20,665 Total $21,977 $41,327

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

LSU ONLINE MINIMUM MAXIMUM

Range per credit hour $417 $1,046

2015-16 ROOM & BOARD

AVERAGE ROOM CHARGES

Double room with A/C (fall + spring) $7,230

AVERAGE ANNUAL BOARD CHARGES

15-meal plan (fall + spring) $3,970 Total average annual room & board $11,200

FALL 2015 HOUSING

U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Res. halls/U.G. apts.—men 2,303 48 2,351Res. halls/U.G. apts.—women 2,905 29 2,934Sorority houses 566 0 566Fraternity houses 405 0 405Graduate/family housing—men 19 128 147Graduate/family housing—women 5 74 79Total men 2,727 176 2,903Total women 3,476 103 3,579Total on campus 6,203 279 6,482Total off campus 19,956 5,089 25,045

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

2014-15 UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID

SOURCE OF FUNDS $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Federal $101,821,018 10,772State $93,478,782 15,206Institutional $68,843,245 13,637Other $20,976,356 2,395

TYPE OF AWARD $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Scholarships/Grants $172,905,344 18,961Loans $87,337,189 8,448Jobs $13,405,271 5,845Athletic $11,471,596 523

FALL 2015 FACULTY & STAFF

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY RACE/ETHNICITY

FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

American Indian/Alaska Native 4 0 4Asian 133 1 134Black/African American 49 4 53Hispanic/Latino 42 2 44Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0Nonresident Alien 74 1 75Two or More Races 3 0 3Unknown 13 1 14White 937 45 982Total 1,255 54 1,309

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY GENDER

FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 812 28 840Female 443 26 469Total 1,255 54 1,309

STAFF BY GENDER FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 1,602 41 1,643Female 2,006 64 2,070Total 3,608 105 3,713

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 2015 FACULTY SALARIES

AVERAGE FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES BY RANK

Professor $116,587 Associate professor $83,129Assistant professor $76,267Instructor $47,858