Louisiana State U.

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 90 86 631
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
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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 913 934 921 986 1,025 1,035 1,053 1,017 1,136 1,189
    Hispanic or Latino 70 82 71 67 73 79 85 74 68 59
    Not Hispanic or Latino 826 836 830 898 926 926 932 920 1,048 1,108
      American Indian or Alaska Native 4 5 2 4 1 2 3 1 3 5
      Asian 58 50 56 53 67 67 67 72 68 73
      Black or African American 114 114 116 122 120 120 109 91 145 138
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 4 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0
      White 623 633 629 697 713 718 738 739 806 866
      More than one race 26 30 26 20 22 16 13 15 24 26
    Unknown ethnicity and race 17 16 20 21 26 30 36 23 20 22
  Temporary visa holders 998 903 824 781 753 852 840 845 890 933
  Science and engineering 1,774 1,678 1,560 1,585 1,572 1,673 1,652 1,627 1,915 2,008
    Science 1,384 1,317 1,226 1,258 1,224 1,289 1,243 1,215 1,502 1,551
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 96 90 89 102 94 102 101 107 200 221
      Biological and biomedical sciences 399 351 342 385 340 345 313 313 423 420
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 84
      Computer and information sciences 134 134 82 70 72 83 86 71 77 65
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 92 97 104 98 99 107 108 101 107 115
      Mathematics and statistics 105 106 98 86 85 82 80 75 78 94
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 31 27 23 1 3 8 4 4 12 6
      Natural resources and conservation 77 83 74 54 64 74 74 73 0 0
      Physical sciences 227 221 205 207 214 233 218 211 216 219
      Psychology 77 79 81 90 92 81 84 78 72 71
      Social sciences 146 129 128 165 161 174 175 182 225 240
    Engineering 390 361 334 327 348 384 409 412 413 457
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 12 10 11 9 9 8 1 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 79 79 71 76 86 105 106 113 109 121
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 147 122 108 91 74 80 96 94 81 84
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 42 38 41 50 60 67 73 79 93 107
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 23 22 20 20 11 5 6 8 11 10
      Mechanical engineering 59 54 44 43 50 52 59 59 57 64
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 28 36 39 38 58 67 68 59 62 71
    Health 137 159 185 182 206 214 241 235 111 114
      Clinical medicine 83 88 106 109 128 122 154 120 8 9
      Other health 54 71 79 73 78 92 87 115 103 105

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  U.S. citizens and permanent residents 342 347 383 272 226 223 197 218 276 296
    Hispanic or Latino 21 21 30 15 13 15 14 7 13 12
    Not Hispanic or Latino 315 318 346 250 206 205 178 205 258 274
      American Indian or Alaska Native 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0
      Asian 14 16 19 19 12 14 18 16 17 14
      Black or African American 51 52 55 34 21 23 14 22 35 37
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
      White 235 239 260 191 171 164 143 165 201 220
      More than one race 14 9 10 4 2 3 1 2 4 3
    Unknown ethnicity and race 6 8 7 7 7 3 5 6 5 10
  Temporary visa holders 41 37 26 45 40 35 46 44 36 44
  Science and engineering 342 346 346 259 247 225 200 232 302 329
    Science 169 173 161 189 170 159 137 161 250 267
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 22 22 29 27 28 31 26 28 44 54
      Biological and biomedical sciences 14 15 14 15 15 17 11 11 35 31
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 18
      Computer and information sciences 9 10 11 14 15 13 8 15 10 12
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 4 9 9 12 10 11 12 13 21 18
      Mathematics and statistics 3 5 2 3 4 3 4 8 6 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 16 11 7 3 1 4 5 1 8 8
      Natural resources and conservation 55 40 40 48 27 13 14 19 0 0
      Physical sciences 4 3 2 7 6 7 8 7 5 11
      Psychology 19 21 17 21 28 20 13 18 24 25
      Social sciences 23 37 30 39 36 40 36 41 74 80
    Engineering 173 173 185 70 77 66 63 71 52 62
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 12 9 6 9 5 8 9 13 14 7
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 110 107 131 24 28 23 16 16 13 14
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 5 6 5 11 8 9 10 7 4
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 37 41 27 17 3 5 7 6 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 1 3 3 4 8 4 8 7 3 13
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 7 7 11 9 18 17 14 19 13 22
    Health 41 38 63 58 19 33 43 30 10 11
      Clinical medicine 39 35 60 56 18 32 41 22 2 1
      Other health 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 8 8 10

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 380 338 307 309 304 257 239 272 286 274
  Science and engineering 360 317 283 286 288 245 218 244 279 268
    Science 263 244 211 229 230 197 182 207 234 221
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 15 10 9 10 21 12 11 16 65 49
      Biological and biomedical sciences 86 64 63 80 81 62 55 58 69 66
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
      Computer and information sciences 38 41 25 14 13 11 12 12 10 13
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 32 30 28 25 19 16 17 21 17 15
      Mathematics and statistics 8 8 6 4 6 4 8 11 10 12
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Natural resources and conservation 11 17 12 11 17 13 15 29 0 0
      Physical sciences 54 63 58 63 53 61 53 46 47 41
      Psychology 6 5 6 4 4 2 0 0 0 1
      Social sciences 8 4 2 18 16 16 11 14 15 23
    Engineering 97 73 72 57 58 48 36 37 45 47
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Biological, biomedical, and biosystems engineering 2 1 0 2 5 4 0 0 0 0
      Chemical, petroleum, and chemical-related engineering 27 15 12 5 11 10 8 9 9 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 35 28 30 22 9 6 6 7 8 9
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 5 4 8 9 11 7 8 10 14 11
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 3 7 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 15 8 8 4 8 7 7 6 5 5
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Other engineering 10 10 11 9 12 14 7 5 9 16
    Health 20 21 24 23 16 12 21 28 7 6
      Clinical medicine 15 15 21 22 16 12 20 20 1 0
      Other health 5 6 3 1 0 0 1 8 6 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

Full-time graduate students in science, engineering, and health, by type and primary source of support: 2024–15
Type and primary source of support 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All types and sources of support 1,911 1,837 1,745 1,767 1,778 1,887 1,893 1,862 2,026 2,122
  Fellowships 61 69 69 73 123 142 118 126 116 113
    Federal 28 37 28 26 41 33 34 34 20 19
    Institutional 30 30 41 46 80 108 83 91 93 91
    Nonfederal 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 3
  Research assistantships 868 824 816 730 710 728 730 714 740 976
    Federal 333 279 259 238 232 210 181 220 244 226
    Institutional 385 419 435 406 382 383 433 388 394 618
    Nonfederal 150 126 122 86 96 135 116 106 102 132
  Teaching assistantships 722 685 605 632 614 679 685 685 730 557
    Federal 0 1 2 3 2 2 7 6 3 2
    Institutional 709 673 593 614 597 661 665 657 711 533
    Nonfederal 13 11 10 15 15 16 13 22 16 22
  Other types of support 260 259 255 332 331 338 360 337 440 476
    Federal 19 21 18 42 29 12 17 12 19 27
    Institutional 84 70 90 97 110 122 119 107 124 133
    Nonfederal 4 7 6 82 14 24 30 36 54 54
    Personal resources 153 161 141 111 178 180 194 182 243 262

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: 2024–15
All races 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
  Science and engineering 239 221 194 165 195 199 201 185 177 225
    Science 223 210 188 158 187 187 186 172 169 215
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 41 32 31 24 26 19 20 17 21 17
      Biological and biomedical sciences 117 122 104 85 101 106 119 100 89 120
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 1 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 1 1
      Family and consumer sciences and human sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 7 10 8 7 2 7 4 3 2 14
      Mathematics and statistics 11 9 9 8 7 7 8 7 9 7
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 7 5 7 7 9 5 3 5 6 9
      Natural resources and conservation 6 1 4 2 3 3 0 4 0 0
      Physical sciences 30 31 25 23 37 39 31 33 25 32
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      Social sciences 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
    Engineering 16 11 6 7 8 12 15 13 8 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 4 6 3 3 4 6 8 5 5 6
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 2 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 9 5 3 2 1 2 4 3 0 3
      Metallurgical, mining, materials and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
      Other engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Health 40 1 1 0 1 13 16 14 32 32
      Clinical medicine 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 14
      Other health 8 1 1 0 0 13 16 14 17 18

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: 2024–15
Field 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
All surveyed fields 165 124 116 93 117 111 121 110 121 129
  Science and engineering 143 123 115 93 117 103 113 100 104 114
    Science 133 119 113 91 112 98 107 95 99 110
      Agricultural and veterinary sciences 31 21 22 16 15 11 12 12 14 9
      Biological and biomedical sciences 72 69 65 52 60 62 73 59 56 67
      Communication 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Computer and information sciences 0 0 0 1 1 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 4 6 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 3
      Mathematics and statistics 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
      Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary sciences 1 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 0
      Natural resources and conservation 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 3 0 0
      Physical sciences 20 22 19 16 27 18 18 15 15 18
      Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    Engineering 10 4 2 2 5 5 6 5 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 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 2 3 2
      Civil, environmental, transportation and related engineering fields 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
      Electrical, electronics, communications and computer engineering 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0
      Industrial, manufacturing, systems engineering and operations research 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
      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 22 1 1 0 0 8 8 10 17 15
      Clinical medicine 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
      Other health 5 1 1 0 0 8 8 10 10 8

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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