Did You Know? Fall Facts 2016

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 71Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 1Master’s 71Doctoral 47Education Specialist 1Professional 3Post-Professional Certificate 1Graduate Certificate 16

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

Volumes 4,187,483Microforms 2,258,156Audiovisual materials 28,100Maps 555,708Current periodical subscriptions 163,728Electronic books 568,048Electronic periodicals 289,263

2015-16 EXPENDITURES

UNRESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $206,645,513Research $57,997,510Public service $4,895,873Academic support $68,041,880Student services $16,274,345Institutional support $25,811,007Operations and maintenance $53,059,157Scholarships and fellowships $81,554,545Transfers and reappropriated $-770,391Total $513,509,439

RESTRICTED EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $58,216,179Research $91,245,864Public service $28,716,564Academic support $12,779,379Student services $9,321,608Institutional support $7,120,269Operations and maintenance $7,234,492Scholarships and fellowships $40,616,317Transfers and reappropriated $22,406,764Total $277,657,436

TOTAL EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL EXPENDITURES

Instruction $264,861,692Research $149,243,374Public service $33,612,437Academic support $80,821,259Student services $25,595,953Institutional support $32,931,276Operations and maintenance $60,293,649Scholarships and fellowships $122,170,862Transfers and reappropriated $21,636,373Total educational and general $791,166,875Total auxiliary enterprises $203,542,726

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

Interim Vice President for Strategic Communications

Jason Droddy

Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

Isiah Warner

Vice President for Student Affairs

Kurt Keppler

Director of Athletics

Joe Alleva

• LSU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-, sea-, and space-grant status.

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

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

• 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.

• 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 2016 ENROLLMENT

GENDER U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Male 12,475 2,413 14,888Female 13,648 2,878 16,526Total 26,123 5,291 31,414

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

American Indian/Alaska Native 84 14 98Asian 1,099 112 1,211Black/African American 3,190 551 3,741Hispanic/Latino 1,582 238 1,820Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 28 1 29Nonresident Alien 578 1,111 1,689Two or More Races 531 78 609Unknown 147 110 257White 18,884 3,076 21,960 Total 26,123 5,291 31,414

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

Agriculture 1,320 308 1,628Art & Design 750 105 855Business 2,052 448 2,500Coast & Environment 94 114 208Engineering 4,271 568 4,839Human Sciences & Education 1,912 794 2,706Humanities & Social Sciences 2,961 591 3,552Law Center 0 557 557Mass Communication 539 61 600Music & Dramatic Arts 361 201 562Nondegree/Graduate School 0 93 93Science 1,447 507 1,954U.C.-Ctr. for Adv./Couns. 2,792 0 2,792U.C.-Ctr. for Fresh. Year 7,528 0 7,528Veterinary Medicine 0 476 476LSU Online:—Business 0 98 98—Engineering 96 38 134—Human Sciences & Education 0 332 332Total 26,123 5,291 31,414

TIME U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Full-time 23,212 4,177 27,389Part-time 2,911 1,114 4,025Total 26,123 5,291 31,414

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

FTE 23,750 4,809 28,559

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 21,506 2,594 24,100Other state 4,039 1,586 5,625Other country 578 1,111 1,689Total 26,123 5,291 31,414

CLASSIFICATION # OF STUDENTS AVG. AGE

Freshman 7,499 18.5Sophomore 5,971 20.0Junior 5,881 21.3Senior 6,772 23.5Master’s 2,392 29.2Doctoral 1,916 30.9Law 557 25.5Veterinary Medicine 426 26.0

NEW DEGREE-SEEKING TRANSFERS

MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Transfers 421 363 784

2015-16 DEGREES AWARDED

DEGREE MALE FEMALE TOTAL

Baccalaureate 2,227 2,579 4,806Post-Bachelor’s Certificate 38 14 52Master’s 481 653 1,134Doctoral 214 130 344Education Specialist 3 7 10Professional 115 141 256Post-Professional Certificate 1 3 4Graduate Certificate 12 9 21Total 3,091 3,536 6,627

FALL 2016 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 7,866 10,256 18,122Number admitted 6,040 7,803 13,843Number enrolled 2,413 3,062 5,475

TEST SCORES MEAN 25TH%ILE 75TH%ILE

ACT composite 25.7 23 28

RETENTION RATES

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

FALL 2015 FRESHMAN CLASS

Number enrolled, fall 2015 5,619Number returning, fall 2016 4,653Percent returning, fall 2016 82.8%

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

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%2010 5,477 41.7% 63.0% 68.0%

2016-17 FULL-TIME TUITION & FEES

UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2016 $5,408 $13,750Spring 2017 $5,406 $13,741Total $10,814 $27,491

GRADUATE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2016 $5,948 $14,417Spring 2017 $5,939 $14,405Total $11,887 $28,822

VETERINARY MEDICINE RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2016 $13,413 $27,963Spring 2017 $13,414 $27,964 Total $26,827 $55,927

LAW CENTER RESIDENT NONRESIDENT

Fall 2016 $11,274 $18,994Spring 2017 $11,277 $18,997 Total $22,551 $37,991

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 $451 $1,080

2016-17 ROOM & BOARD

AVERAGE ROOM CHARGES

Double room with A/C (fall + spring) $7,530

AVERAGE ANNUAL BOARD CHARGES

15-meal plan (fall + spring) $4,010 Total average annual room & board $11,540

FALL 2016 HOUSING

U.G. GRAD./PROF. TOTAL

Res. halls/U.G. apts.—men 2,234 21 2,255Res. halls/U.G. apts.—women 2,993 22 3,015Sorority houses 627 0 627Fraternity houses 412 0 412Graduate/family housing—men 5 69 74Graduate/family housing—women 6 48 54Total men 2,651 90 2,741Total women 3,626 70 3,696Total on campus 6,277 160 6,437Total off campus 19,846 5,131 24,977

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

2015-16 UNDERGRADUATE FINANCIAL AID

SOURCE OF FUNDS $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Federal $107,901,014 11,110State $95,292,878 15,751Institutional $88,077,018 19,616Other $24,110,196 2,610

TYPE OF AWARD $ AMOUNT # OF AWARDS

Scholarships/Grants $194,091,414 19,646Loans $94,419,567 8,845Jobs $13,737,072 6,005Athletic $13,133,053 523

FALL 2016 FACULTY & STAFF

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY RACE/ETHNICITY

FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

American Indian/Alaska Native 4 0 4Asian 139 1 140Black/African American 54 5 59Hispanic/Latino 49 3 52Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0Nonresident Alien 78 1 79Two or More Races 2 0 2Unknown 19 2 21White 934 51 985Total 1,279 63 1,342

INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY BY GENDER

FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 807 30 837Female 472 33 505Total 1,279 63 1,342

STAFF BY GENDER FULL-TIME PART-TIME TOTAL

Male 1,525 37 1,562Female 1,899 64 1,963Total 3,424 101 3,525

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 2016 FACULTY SALARIES

AVERAGE FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL SALARIES BY RANK

Professor $117,870 Associate professor $84,203Assistant professor $76,831Instructor $47,906