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
2022 93 86.6 680
2021 85 88 691
2020 80 88.8 697
2019 76 89.3 696
2018 78 89.1 698
2017 78 88.8 684
2016 74 89.6 697
2015 69 90.3 693
2014 63 91.1 688
2013 57 90 555
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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All full-time students 1,745 1,767 1,778 1,887 1,893 1,862 2,026 2,122 2,235 2,279
    Male 868 876 872 926 961 976 1,028 1,168 1,259 1,314
    Female 877 891 906 961 932 886 998 954 976 965
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 921 986 1,025 1,035 1,053 1,017 1,136 1,189 1,264 1,333
    Hispanic or Latino 71 67 73 79 85 74 68 59 65 60
    Not Hispanic or Latino 830 898 926 926 932 920 1,048 1,108 1,171 1,243
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 4 1 2 3 1 3 5 3 5
      Asian 56 53 67 67 67 72 68 73 58 51
      Black or African American 116 122 120 120 109 91 145 138 137 144
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0
      White 629 697 713 718 738 739 806 866 951 1,021
      More than one race 26 20 22 16 13 15 24 26 22 22
    Unknown ethnicity and race 20 21 26 30 36 23 20 22 28 30
  Temporary visa holders 824 781 753 852 840 845 890 933 971 946
  Science and engineering 1,560 1,585 1,572 1,673 1,652 1,627 1,915 2,008 2,056 2,096
    Science 1,226 1,258 1,224 1,289 1,243 1,215 1,502 1,551 1,604 1,626
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 89 102 94 102 101 107 200 221 195 182
      Biological and biomedical sciences 342 385 340 345 313 313 423 420 393 409
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 84 93 105
      Computer and information sciences 82 70 72 83 86 71 77 65 91 105
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 15 20
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 104 98 99 107 108 101 107 115 152 142
      Mathematics and statistics 98 86 85 82 80 75 78 94 99 101
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 23 1 3 8 4 4 12 6 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 74 54 64 74 74 73 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 7 10
      Physical sciences 205 207 214 233 218 211 216 219 229 230
      Psychology 81 90 92 81 84 78 72 71 67 70
      Social sciences 128 165 161 174 175 182 225 240 263 252
    Engineering 334 327 348 384 409 412 413 457 452 470
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 11 9 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 71 76 86 105 106 113 109 121 112 110
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 108 91 74 80 96 94 81 84 90 88
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 41 50 60 67 73 79 93 107 108 117
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 20 20 11 5 6 8 11 10 8 12
      Mechanical engineering 44 43 50 52 59 59 57 64 68 79
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 39 38 58 67 68 59 62 71 66 64
    Health 185 182 206 214 241 235 111 114 179 183
      Clinical medicine 106 109 128 122 154 120 8 9 9 15
      Other health 79 73 78 92 87 115 103 105 170 168

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All part-time students 409 317 266 258 243 262 312 340 426 478
    Male 201 148 146 139 121 134 150 171 222 246
    Female 208 169 120 119 122 128 162 169 204 232
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 383 272 226 223 197 218 276 296 364 420
    Hispanic or Latino 30 15 13 15 14 7 13 12 15 17
    Not Hispanic or Latino 346 250 206 205 178 205 258 274 333 383
      American Indian or Alaska Native 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2
      Asian 19 19 12 14 18 16 17 14 18 20
      Black or African American 55 34 21 23 14 22 35 37 37 60
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
      White 260 191 171 164 143 165 201 220 275 297
      More than one race 10 4 2 3 1 2 4 3 1 4
    Unknown ethnicity and race 7 7 7 3 5 6 5 10 16 20
  Temporary visa holders 26 45 40 35 46 44 36 44 62 58
  Science and engineering 346 259 247 225 200 232 302 329 378 413
    Science 161 189 170 159 137 161 250 267 308 343
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 29 27 28 31 26 28 44 54 46 44
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 15 15 17 11 11 35 31 48 56
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18 19 21
      Computer and information sciences 11 14 15 13 8 15 10 12 19 20
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 8
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 9 12 10 11 12 13 21 18 24 27
      Mathematics and statistics 2 3 4 3 4 8 6 7 9 10
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 7 3 1 4 5 1 8 8 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 40 48 27 13 14 19 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 2 7 6 7 8 7 5 11 9 8
      Psychology 17 21 28 20 13 18 24 25 30 28
      Social sciences 30 39 36 40 36 41 74 80 96 121
    Engineering 185 70 77 66 63 71 52 62 70 70
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 6 9 5 8 9 13 14 7 7 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 131 24 28 23 16 16 13 14 28 23
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 6 5 11 8 9 10 7 4 3 7
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 27 17 3 5 7 6 2 2 5 3
      Mechanical engineering 3 4 8 4 8 7 3 13 12 14
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 11 9 18 17 14 19 13 22 15 17
    Health 63 58 19 33 43 30 10 11 48 65
      Clinical medicine 60 56 18 32 41 22 2 1 2 4
      Other health 3 2 1 1 2 8 8 10 46 61

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
All surveyed fields 307 309 304 257 239 272 286 274 329 363 0
  Science and engineering 283 286 288 245 218 244 279 268 312 344 0
    Science 211 229 230 197 182 207 234 221 240 280 0
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 9 10 21 12 11 16 65 49 46 48 0
      Biological and biomedical sciences 63 80 81 62 55 58 69 66 67 87 0
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 25 14 13 11 12 12 10 13 17 16 0
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 28 25 19 16 17 21 17 15 15 21 0
      Mathematics and statistics 6 4 6 4 8 11 10 12 16 14 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 12 11 17 13 15 29 0 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0
      Psychology 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 12 0
      Physical sciences 58 63 53 61 53 46 47 41 47 53 0
      Social sciences 2 18 16 16 11 14 15 23 21 24 0
    Engineering 72 57 58 48 36 37 45 47 72 64 0
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 5 11 10 8 9 9 6 13 17 0
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 30 22 9 6 6 7 8 9 8 9 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 8 9 11 7 8 10 14 11 19 12 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
      Mechanical engineering 8 4 8 7 7 6 5 5 12 12 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 11 9 12 14 7 5 9 16 20 13 0
    Health 24 23 16 12 21 28 7 6 17 19 0
      Clinical medicine 21 22 16 12 20 20 1 0 0 1 0
      Other health 3 1 0 0 1 8 6 6 17 18 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: 2022–13
Type and primary source of support 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All types and sources of support 1,745 1,767 1,778 1,887 1,893 1,862 2,026 2,122 2,235 2,279
  Fellowships 69 73 123 142 118 126 116 113 131 140
    Federal 28 26 41 33 34 34 20 19 39 39
    Institutional 41 46 80 108 83 91 93 91 87 95
    Nonfederal 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 5 6
  Research assistantships 816 730 710 728 730 714 740 976 992 1,004
    Federal 259 238 232 210 181 220 244 226 263 283
    Institutional 435 406 382 383 433 388 394 618 612 590
    Nonfederal 122 86 96 135 116 106 102 132 117 131
  Teaching assistantships 605 632 614 679 685 685 730 557 568 544
    Federal 2 3 2 2 7 6 3 2 8 17
    Institutional 593 614 597 661 665 657 711 533 545 519
    Nonfederal 10 15 15 16 13 22 16 22 15 8
  Other types of support 255 332 331 338 360 337 440 476 544 591
    Federal 18 42 29 12 17 12 19 27 19 24
    Institutional 90 97 110 122 119 107 124 133 159 188
    Nonfederal 6 82 14 24 30 36 54 54 54 47
    Personal resources 141 111 178 180 194 182 243 262 312 332

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: 2022–13
All races 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
  Science and engineering 189 162 190 195 201 185 177 225 195 214
    Science 183 155 182 183 186 172 169 215 181 204
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 31 24 26 19 20 17 21 17 20 19
      Biological and biomedical sciences 99 82 97 104 119 100 89 120 93 118
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 8 7 2 6 4 3 2 14 15 8
      Mathematics and statistics 9 8 6 6 8 7 9 7 3 3
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 7 7 9 5 3 5 6 9 8 10
      Natural resources and conservation 4 2 3 3 0 4 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 15 17
      Physical sciences 25 23 37 39 31 33 25 32 26 28
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
    Engineering 6 7 8 12 15 13 8 10 14 10
      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 3 3 4 6 8 5 5 6 8 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 1 2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 3 2 1 2 4 3 0 3 3 0
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
    Health 1 0 1 13 16 14 32 32 30 21
      Clinical medicine 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 14 15 0
      Other health 1 0 0 13 16 14 17 18 15 21

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: 2022–13
Field 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
All surveyed fields 116 93 117 111 121 110 121 129 106 128
  Science and engineering 115 93 117 103 113 100 104 114 92 114
    Science 113 91 112 98 107 95 99 110 87 110
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 22 16 15 11 12 12 14 9 13 12
      Biological and biomedical sciences 65 52 60 62 73 59 56 67 42 59
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 1 1 0 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 sciences, and ocean sciences 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 3 4 2
      Mathematics and statistics 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary studies 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 0 2 1
      Natural resources and conservation 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
      Neurobiology and neuroscience 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 13 14 16
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Physical sciences 19 16 27 18 18 15 15 18 12 20
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 2 2 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4
      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 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2 4 4
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0
      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 0 0 8 8 10 17 15 14 14
      Clinical medicine 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 8 0
      Other health 1 0 0 8 8 10 10 8 6 14

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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