Louisiana State U.

Rankings

Data year Earned doctorates Full-time graduate students Total R&D expenditures
Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked Rank Percentile Institutions ranked
2023 93 86.6 679
2022 93 86.6 680
2021 85 88 691
2020 80 88.8 698
2019 76 89.3 697
2018 78 89.1 700
2017 78 88.8 684
2016 74 89.6 697
2015 69 90.3 693
2014 63 91.1 688
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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 926 868 876 872 926 961 976 1,028 1,168 1,259
    Female 911 877 891 906 961 932 886 998 954 976
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 934 921 986 1,025 1,035 1,053 1,017 1,136 1,189 1,264
    Hispanic or Latino 82 71 67 73 79 85 74 68 59 65
    Not Hispanic or Latino 836 830 898 926 926 932 920 1,048 1,108 1,171
      American Indian or Alaska Native 5 2 4 1 2 3 1 3 5 3
      Asian 50 56 53 67 67 67 72 68 73 58
      Black or African American 114 116 122 120 120 109 91 145 138 137
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 4 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 0
      White 633 629 697 713 718 738 739 806 866 951
      More than one race 30 26 20 22 16 13 15 24 26 22
    Unknown ethnicity and race 16 20 21 26 30 36 23 20 22 28
  Temporary visa holders 903 824 781 753 852 840 845 890 933 971
  Science and engineering 1,678 1,560 1,585 1,572 1,673 1,652 1,627 1,915 2,008 2,056
    Science 1,317 1,226 1,258 1,224 1,289 1,243 1,215 1,502 1,551 1,604
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 90 89 102 94 102 101 107 200 221 195
      Biological and biomedical sciences 351 342 385 340 345 313 313 423 420 393
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 7
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 84 93
      Computer and information sciences 134 82 70 72 83 86 71 77 65 91
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 15
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 97 104 98 99 107 108 101 107 115 152
      Mathematics and statistics 106 98 86 85 82 80 75 78 94 99
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 27 23 1 3 8 4 4 12 6 0
      Natural resources and conservation 83 74 54 64 74 74 73 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 221 205 207 214 233 218 211 216 219 229
      Psychology 79 81 90 92 81 84 78 72 71 67
      Social sciences 129 128 165 161 174 175 182 225 240 263
    Engineering 361 334 327 348 384 409 412 413 457 452
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 10 11 9 9 8 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 79 71 76 86 105 106 113 109 121 112
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 122 108 91 74 80 96 94 81 84 90
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 38 41 50 60 67 73 79 93 107 108
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 22 20 20 11 5 6 8 11 10 8
      Mechanical engineering 54 44 43 50 52 59 59 57 64 68
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 36 39 38 58 67 68 59 62 71 66
    Health 159 185 182 206 214 241 235 111 114 179
      Clinical medicine 88 106 109 128 122 154 120 8 9 9
      Other health 71 79 73 78 92 87 115 103 105 170

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Part-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
    Male 201 201 148 146 139 121 134 150 171 222
    Female 183 208 169 120 119 122 128 162 169 204
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 347 383 272 226 223 197 218 276 296 364
    Hispanic or Latino 21 30 15 13 15 14 7 13 12 15
    Not Hispanic or Latino 318 346 250 206 205 178 205 258 274 333
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2
      Asian 16 19 19 12 14 18 16 17 14 18
      Black or African American 52 55 34 21 23 14 22 35 37 37
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
      White 239 260 191 171 164 143 165 201 220 275
      More than one race 9 10 4 2 3 1 2 4 3 1
    Unknown ethnicity and race 8 7 7 7 3 5 6 5 10 16
  Temporary visa holders 37 26 45 40 35 46 44 36 44 62
  Science and engineering 346 346 259 247 225 200 232 302 329 378
    Science 173 161 189 170 159 137 161 250 267 308
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 22 29 27 28 31 26 28 44 54 46
      Biological and biomedical sciences 15 14 15 15 17 11 11 35 31 48
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 19
      Computer and information sciences 10 11 14 15 13 8 15 10 12 19
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 9 12 10 11 12 13 21 18 24
      Mathematics and statistics 5 2 3 4 3 4 8 6 7 9
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 11 7 3 1 4 5 1 8 8 0
      Natural resources and conservation 40 40 48 27 13 14 19 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 3 2 7 6 7 8 7 5 11 9
      Psychology 21 17 21 28 20 13 18 24 25 30
      Social sciences 37 30 39 36 40 36 41 74 80 96
    Engineering 173 185 70 77 66 63 71 52 62 70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 9 6 9 5 8 9 13 14 7 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 107 131 24 28 23 16 16 13 14 28
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 6 5 11 8 9 10 7 4 3
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 41 27 17 3 5 7 6 2 2 5
      Mechanical engineering 3 3 4 8 4 8 7 3 13 12
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 7 11 9 18 17 14 19 13 22 15
    Health 38 63 58 19 33 43 30 10 11 48
      Clinical medicine 35 60 56 18 32 41 22 2 1 2
      Other health 3 3 2 1 1 2 8 8 10 46

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health receiving primary support from federal sources, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 338 307 309 304 257 239 272 286 274 329 0
  Science and engineering 317 283 286 288 245 218 244 279 268 312 0
    Science 244 211 229 230 197 182 207 234 221 240 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 10 9 10 21 12 11 16 65 49 46 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 64 63 80 81 62 55 58 69 66 67 0
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 41 25 14 13 11 12 12 10 13 17 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 30 28 25 19 16 17 21 17 15 15 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8 6 4 6 4 8 11 10 12 16 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 17 12 11 17 13 15 29 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 63 58 63 53 61 53 46 47 41 47 0
      Psychology 5 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 0
      Social sciences 4 2 18 16 16 11 14 15 23 21 0
    Engineering 73 72 57 58 48 36 37 45 47 72 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 15 12 5 11 10 8 9 9 6 13 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 28 30 22 9 6 6 7 8 9 8 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 4 8 9 11 7 8 10 14 11 19 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 7 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 8 4 8 7 7 6 5 5 12 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 10 11 9 12 14 7 5 9 16 20 0
    Health 21 24 23 16 12 21 28 7 6 17 0
      Clinical medicine 15 21 22 16 12 20 20 1 0 0 0
      Other health 6 3 1 0 0 1 8 6 6 17 0

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2023–14
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All types and sources of support 1,837 1,745 1,767 1,778 1,887 1,893 1,862 2,026 2,122 2,235
  Fellowships 69 69 73 123 142 118 126 116 113 131
    Federal 37 28 26 41 33 34 34 20 19 39
    Institutional 30 41 46 80 108 83 91 93 91 87
    Nonfederal 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 5
  Research assistantships 824 816 730 710 728 730 714 740 976 992
    Federal 279 259 238 232 210 181 220 244 226 263
    Institutional 419 435 406 382 383 433 388 394 618 612
    Nonfederal 126 122 86 96 135 116 106 102 132 117
  Teaching assistantships 685 605 632 614 679 685 685 730 557 568
    Federal 1 2 3 2 2 7 6 3 2 8
    Institutional 673 593 614 597 661 665 657 711 533 545
    Nonfederal 11 10 15 15 16 13 22 16 22 15
  Other types of support 259 255 332 331 338 360 337 440 476 544
    Federal 21 18 42 29 12 17 12 19 27 19
    Institutional 70 90 97 110 122 119 107 124 133 159
    Nonfederal 7 6 82 14 24 30 36 54 54 54
    Personal resources 161 141 111 178 180 194 182 243 262 312

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 Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Postdoctorates in science, engineering, and health, by selected characteristics: 2023–14
All races 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  Science and engineering 215 189 162 190 195 201 185 177 225 195
    Science 204 183 155 182 183 186 172 169 215 181
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 32 31 24 26 19 20 17 21 17 20
      Biological and biomedical sciences 116 99 82 97 104 119 100 89 120 93
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 15
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 10 8 7 2 6 4 3 2 14 15
      Mathematics and statistics 9 9 8 6 6 8 7 9 7 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 7 7 9 5 3 5 6 9 8
      Natural resources and conservation 1 4 2 3 3 0 4 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 31 25 23 37 39 31 33 25 32 26
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
    Engineering 11 6 7 8 12 15 13 8 10 14
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 3 3 4 6 8 5 5 6 8
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 5 3 2 1 2 4 3 0 3 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
    Health 1 1 0 1 13 16 14 32 32 30
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 14 15
      Other health 1 1 0 0 13 16 14 17 18 15

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

Federally supported science, engineering, and health postdoctorates, by field: 2023–14
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All surveyed fields 124 116 93 117 111 121 110 121 129 106
  Science and engineering 123 115 93 117 103 113 100 104 114 92
    Science 119 113 91 112 98 107 95 99 110 87
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 21 22 16 15 11 12 12 14 9 13
      Biological and biomedical sciences 69 65 52 60 62 73 59 56 67 42
        Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 14
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 6 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 3 4
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 0 2
      Natural resources and conservation 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 22 19 16 27 18 18 15 15 18 12
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 4 2 2 5 5 6 5 5 4 5
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 2 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 1 1 0 0 8 8 10 17 15 14
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 8
      Other health 1 1 0 0 8 8 10 10 8 6

NOTE:
  • . = data were not collected at this level or institution was not eligible to participate for this survey year.
  • Fields of study are grouped as they appear in survey data table (https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/#tabs-2).

SOURCE: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

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