Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures Research space
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2024 67 85.7 459 83 91.2 925
2023 68 85.5 459 83 91.1 911 46 92.6 602
2022 64 86.3 457 84 90.9 900
2021 63 86.2 447 91 90.2 908 48 92 583
2020 53 88.5 450 86 90.8 916
2019 64 86 447 83 91.1 914 44 92.8 589
2018 67 84.7 428 82 91.2 911
2017 66 84.8 425 89 90.3 898 45 92.4 575
2016 54 87.8 430 80 91.3 896
2015 61 86 426 80 91.3 898 44 92.5 570
2014
NOTES:
  • 1. See TableBuilder for the prior year data.
  • 2. Blank white cells indicate data not available, not applicable, or institution not eligible for survey.
  • 3. Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

Data

Number of earned doctorates, by trend major field of study of recipients: 2024–15
Fields 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All fields 289 281 304 277 328 300 283 296 324 312
  Science and engineering 211 197 220 201 236 209 213 204 236 211
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 27 27 22 18 28 31 25 24 34 26
      Agricultural sciences 19 20 19 15 22 20 17 19 26 24
      Natural resources and conservation 8 7 3 3 6 11 8 5 8 2
    Biological and biomedical sciences 26 34 32 23 31 33 31 28 33 27
      Biochemistry and biophysics 5 4 1 4 3 4 6 5 5 3
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 5 6 4 8 10 4 6 4 5 4
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology . 1 . . . . . 2 . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . . 1 . 1 . . 3 .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 2 8 8 5 6 6 5 5 6 6
      Genetics and genomics . . 2 . . 1 1 2 1 .
      Microbiology and immunology 2 2 5 1 3 3 1 2 4 6
      Molecular biology 1 3 . 1 . 3 2 1 1 2
      Neurobiology and neurosciences . 1 . 2 1 3 . . . .
      Pharmacology and toxicology 1 . 1 . 1 . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology 1 . 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 9 9 9 1 5 8 9 7 7 5
    Computer and information sciences 5 6 9 8 9 4 8 8 10 10
      Computer science 5 6 7 6 8 4 8 7 8 9
      Computer and information sciences, other . . 2 2 1 . . 1 2 1
    Engineering 42 47 55 52 52 55 49 42 49 43
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 1 . . . . . . . . .
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 2 1 1 5 2 2 1 . 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 8 15 10 19 17 13 6 14 13 8
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 11 5 14 10 9 15 13 8 10 8
      Electrical and computer engineering 6 13 16 7 10 11 14 8 8 9
      Industrial engineering and operations research . 2 1 . . . . . . .
      Materials and mining engineering 4 5 3 2 1 3 1 . 3 2
      Mechanical engineering 6 3 9 3 5 7 10 6 9 11
      Engineering, other 4 3 1 6 8 4 4 6 5 4
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 12 9 8 13 15 13 16 9 11 8
      Geological sciences 3 5 2 6 5 5 5 7 6 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 9 4 6 7 10 8 11 2 5 4
    Health sciences 13 8 8 11 8 4 5 7 9 9
      Public health . . . . . . . 1 . .
      Health sciences, other 13 8 8 11 8 4 5 6 9 9
    Mathematics and statistics 12 10 14 9 6 11 9 14 12 13
      Applied mathematics . 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 2
      Mathematics 3 2 4 1 . 3 4 6 5 7
      Statistics . . 1 . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 9 6 8 7 5 4 4 4 5 4
    Physical sciences 34 27 31 38 39 27 30 39 37 33
      Astronomy and astrophysics 3 6 5 5 . 1 1 2 . .
      Chemistry 21 16 19 23 21 17 20 26 23 24
      Physics 10 5 7 10 18 9 9 11 14 9
    Psychology 21 12 14 16 19 12 14 13 16 19
      Clinical psychology 7 5 8 9 8 5 7 7 12 10
      Counseling and applied psychology 9 4 4 4 5 4 6 3 2 6
      Research and experimental psychology 5 3 2 3 6 2 1 2 1 2
      Psychology, other . . . . . 1 . 1 1 1
    Social sciences 19 17 27 13 29 19 26 20 25 23
      Anthropology 1 1 . 1 . . 2 1 . .
      Economics 1 1 2 1 7 2 6 4 5 2
      Political science and government 2 5 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 6 4 11 3 11 4 3 4 4 5
      Social sciences, other 9 6 9 4 8 9 11 6 11 12
  Non-science and engineering 78 84 84 76 92 91 70 92 88 101
    Business 9 12 18 11 12 15 12 10 17 18
      Business 9 12 18 11 12 15 12 10 17 18
    Education 27 26 34 33 33 27 31 38 37 37
      Education leadership and administration 7 6 6 7 7 7 10 17 5 8
      Education research 15 12 19 21 19 14 14 15 24 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 5 7 8 5 7 5 6 3 5 5
      Education, other . 1 1 . . 1 1 3 3 2
    Humanities and arts 26 27 23 22 35 33 20 29 23 28
      Letters 7 13 6 8 12 11 8 13 9 12
      Foreign languages and literature . 1 2 . 2 6 3 4 3 2
      History 9 4 7 9 5 3 3 4 7 8
      Music and performing arts 5 6 7 4 14 10 6 8 3 6
      Humanities and arts, other 5 3 1 1 2 3 . . 1 .
    Other non-science and engineering 16 19 9 10 12 16 7 15 11 18
      Communication 10 9 7 4 6 10 5 11 8 14
      Public administration and social services 3 4 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 1
      Non-science and engineering, other 3 6 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 3

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Total R&D expenditures, by field: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  All R&D fields 431,439 384,268 344,556 296,673 286,733 296,497 286,726 265,168 291,972 281,154
    Science 342,589 297,141 279,424 244,403 237,727 241,400 233,471 217,337 239,864 235,273
      Computer and information sciences 7,155 10,527 18,477 15,399 8,284 6,538 6,455 3,477 3,917 3,110
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 45,154 41,171 33,440 28,763 32,283 31,853 31,488 29,452 32,845 33,702
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,166 6,907 5,976 3,597 4,269 5,364 5,386 4,330 5,088 5,295
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 27,221 23,523 20,358 19,120 20,469 20,412 19,227 18,124 20,557 21,595
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 11,767 10,741 7,106 6,046 7,545 6,077 6,875 6,998 7,200 6,812
      Life sciences 218,988 181,370 173,539 158,608 155,187 160,443 154,348 147,917 162,566 154,764
        Agricultural sciences 123,098 94,162 91,647 88,218 88,320 67,304 66,136 60,867 67,733 74,013
        Biological and biomedical sciences 82,051 75,146 71,438 60,515 56,483 57,732 55,119 56,590 61,824 76,574
        Health sciences 2,002 1,532 670 566 928 26,509 23,984 21,960 22,547 3,842
        Natural resources and conservation 11,837 10,530 9,784 9,309 9,456 8,898 9,109 8,500 10,462 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335
      Mathematics and statistics 8,632 8,112 6,720 2,077 2,701 2,419 2,146 2,084 2,063 2,234
      Physical sciences 40,043 36,946 30,594 23,438 22,366 23,944 24,133 19,472 21,641 21,815
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 14,637 15,050 12,606 10,020 8,252 8,558 9,652 7,054 7,938 7,922
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 22,776 20,617 17,419 12,979 13,851 14,926 14,148 12,155 13,415 13,502
        Physical sciences nec 2,630 1,279 569 439 263 460 333 263 288 391
      Psychology 2,176 1,077 832 750 902 1,119 802 573 960 607
      Social sciences 7,523 5,824 4,752 4,537 4,888 3,704 4,296 4,265 3,718 7,072
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 3,981 3,019 2,297 2,640 2,894 700 830 935 580 4,969
        Political science and government 286 350 242 325 83 192 158 201 223 221
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 237 295 314 296 560 1,250 1,433 1,543 1,170 502
        Social sciences nec 3,019 2,160 1,899 1,276 1,351 1,562 1,875 1,586 1,745 1,380
      Sciences nec 12,918 12,114 11,070 10,831 11,116 11,380 9,803 10,097 12,154 11,969
    Engineering 68,678 63,779 53,974 39,104 40,084 45,803 44,604 41,065 42,710 38,728
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 12,629 10,943 8,733 5,887 6,543 7,978 5,306 5,352 6,276 5,121
      Civil engineering 19,256 16,332 14,299 10,719 10,772 12,298 11,879 11,594 10,978 10,789
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 8,242 7,152 5,273 2,338 2,195 2,651 2,997 2,682 2,577 2,166
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,754 3,682 1,230 409 444 452 217 206 446 0
      Mechanical engineering 7,938 6,670 7,067 4,568 4,160 4,758 4,479 4,118 5,222 5,449
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,457 5,127 5,130 4,708 4,667 5,613 5,953 5,410 6,084 6,589
      Engineering nec 11,402 13,873 12,242 10,475 11,303 12,053 13,773 11,703 11,127 8,614
    Non-S&E 20,172 23,348 11,158 13,166 8,922 9,294 8,651 6,766 9,398 7,153
      Business management and business administration 1,693 1,594 1,830 1,656 1,351 1,453 1,247 1,067 1,049 724
      Communication and communications technologies 610 751 685 984 442 612 428 158 187 301
      Education 1,212 687 817 857 480 944 745 1,821 2,056 1,786
      Humanities 651 737 707 438 717 974 790 544 1,114 607
      Law 690 663 748 867 489 779 691 672 927 1,122
      Social work 1,548 1,021 669 583 114 89 16 27 55 45
      Visual and performing arts 5,909 3,378 176 137 61 185 172 132 1,385 1,255
      Non-S&E nec 7,859 14,517 5,526 7,644 5,268 4,258 4,562 2,345 2,625 1,313

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Total R&D expenditures, by source of funds and R&D field: 2024
(Dollars in thousands)
Field All R&D expenditures Federal government State and local government Institution funds Business Nonprofit organizations All other sources
  All R&D fields . . . . . 0 0
    Science . . . . . 0 0
      Computer and information sciences . . . . . 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Atmospheric science and meteorology . . . . . 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Life sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Agricultural sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Biological and biomedical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Health sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Natural resources and conservation . . . . . 0 0
        Life sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics . . . . . 0 0
      Physical sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Astronomy and astrophysics . . . . . 0 0
        Chemistry . . . . . 0 0
        Materials science . . . . . 0 0
        Physics . . . . . 0 0
        Physical sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Psychology . . . . . 0 0
      Social sciences . . . . . 0 0
        Anthropology . . . . . 0 0
        Economics . . . . . 0 0
        Political science and government . . . . . 0 0
        Sociology, demography, and population studies . . . . . 0 0
        Social sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
      Sciences nec . . . . . 0 0
    Engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Chemical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Civil engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Mechanical engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Metallurgical and materials engineering . . . . . 0 0
      Engineering nec . . . . . 0 0
    Non-S&E . . . . . 0 0
      Business management and business administration . . . . . 0 0
      Communication and communications technologies . . . . . 0 0
      Education . . . . . 0 0
      Humanities . . . . . 0 0
      Law . . . . . 0 0
      Social work . . . . . 0 0
      Visual and performing arts . . . . . 0 0
      Non-S&E nec . . . . . 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Prior to FY 2016, expenditures for natural resources and conservation, materials science, anthropology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering were not collected separately. R&D expenditures in agricultural sciences decreased in FY 2016 because a number of disciplines previously reported in that field are now reported separately under natural resources and conservation.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Federally funded R&D expenditures, by federal agency: 2024–15
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Federal Agencies . 127,243 111,886 103,178 87,895 88,721 84,309 81,644 86,754 83,644
  DOD . 15,251 17,384 18,045 9,664 7,961 7,964 7,554 5,943 5,269
  DOE . 6,220 5,321 6,240 6,397 6,947 6,512 4,425 5,820 5,637
  HHS . 50,097 44,154 37,089 31,189 33,109 30,167 32,083 34,864 31,934
  NASA . 6,837 4,307 3,625 3,551 3,548 2,179 1,524 2,336 2,913
  NSF . 20,103 16,481 17,191 15,899 16,222 17,238 16,783 15,768 14,639
  USDA . 12,045 10,699 10,062 8,545 9,587 8,713 9,182 10,888 11,843
  Other . 16,690 13,540 10,926 12,650 11,347 11,536 10,093 11,135 11,409

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Headcount of R&D personnel: 2024–18 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,301 591 2,710 .
2018 3,316 599 2,717 .

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education R&D Survey

Science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field: 2023–14
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space 2023 2021 2019 2017 2015
  All research space . 1,411 1,375 1,319 1,339
    Agricultural sciences . 592 503 508 554
    Biological and biomedical sciences . 142 126 126 126
    Computer and information sciences . 2 5 5 4
    Engineering . 252 215 191 367
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . 158 162 164 32
    Health sciences . 15 103 94 119
    Mathematics and statistics . 7 4 4 3
    Natural resources and conservation . 39 39 40 0
    Physical sciences . 147 154 153 109
    Psychology . 11 12 12 12
    Social sciences . 27 22 20 9
    Other . 21 32 3 3

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

New construction of science and engineering research space, by field and time of construction: 2025–16
(Net assignable square feet in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 14,280 0 39,892 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 14,280 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Engineering . . 0 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . . 0 0 2,239 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 0 37,653 0
    Physical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Psychology . . 0 0 0 0
    Social sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Other . . 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities

Costs for repair and renovation of science and engineering research space in academic institutions, by field and time of repair and renovation: 2025–16
(Dollars in thousands)
Field, medical school space, and research animal space Planned to start in FY 2024 or FY 2025 Started in FY 2022 or FY 2023 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021 Started in FY 2018 or FY 2019 Started in FY 2016 or FY 2017 Started in FY 2020 or FY 2021
  All research space . . 6,507 3,942 11,341 0
    Agricultural sciences . . 837 0 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Engineering . . 392 0 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences . . 4,655 3,072 3,166 0
    Mathematics and statistics . . 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation . . 0 483 8,175 0
    Physical sciences . . 349 387 0 0
    Psychology . . 274 0 0 0
    Social sciences . . 0 0 0 0
    Other . . 0 0 0 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Data from the Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities is collected every two years.

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Science and Engineering Research Facilities