Louisiana State U., Baton Rouge

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 68 85.5 459 46 92.6 602 83 91.1 914
2022 64 86.3 457 84 90.9 900
2021 63 86.2 447 48 92 583 91 90.2 908
2020 53 88.5 450 86 90.8 916
2019 64 86 447 44 92.8 589 83 91.1 914
2018 67 84.7 428 82 91.2 911
2017 66 84.8 425 45 92.4 575 89 90.3 898
2016 54 87.8 430 80 91.3 896
2015 61 86 426 44 92.5 570 80 91.3 898
2014 53 87.8 422 78 91.4 889
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: 2023–14
Fields 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
All fields 281 304 277 328 300 283 296 324 312 328
  Science and engineering 197 220 201 236 209 213 204 236 211 235
    Agricultural sciences and natural resources 27 22 18 28 31 25 24 34 26 23
      Agricultural sciences 20 19 15 22 20 17 19 26 24 19
      Natural resources and conservation 7 3 3 6 11 8 5 8 2 4
    Biological and biomedical sciences 34 32 23 31 33 31 28 33 27 30
      Biochemistry and biophysics 4 1 4 3 4 6 5 5 3 6
      Biology and biomedical sciences, general 6 4 8 10 4 6 4 5 4 5
      Bioinformatics, biostatistics, and computational biology 1 . . . . . 2 . . .
      Cellular and developmental biology, and anatomy . . 1 . 1 . . 3 . .
      Ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiology 8 8 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5
      Genetics and genomics . 2 . . 1 1 2 1 . 1
      Microbiology and immunology 2 5 1 3 3 1 2 4 6 4
      Molecular biology 3 . 1 . 3 2 1 1 2 3
      Neurobiology and neurosciences 1 . 2 1 3 . . . . 1
      Pharmacology and toxicology . 1 . 1 . . . . . .
      Physiology, pathology, and cancer biology . 2 . 2 . 1 . 1 1 1
      Biology and biomedical sciences, other 9 9 1 5 8 9 7 7 5 4
    Computer and information sciences 6 9 8 9 4 8 8 10 10 7
      Computer science 6 7 6 8 4 8 7 8 9 5
      Computer and information sciences, other . 2 2 1 . . 1 2 1 2
    Engineering 47 55 52 52 55 49 42 49 43 56
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 1 1 5 2 2 1 . 1 1 1
      Chemical and petroleum engineering 15 10 19 17 13 6 14 13 8 15
      Civil, environmental, and transportation engineering 5 14 10 9 15 13 8 10 8 6
      Electrical and computer engineering 13 16 7 10 11 14 8 8 9 8
      Industrial engineering and operations research 2 1 . . . . . . . 1
      Materials and mining engineering 5 3 2 1 3 1 . 3 2 2
      Mechanical engineering 3 9 3 5 7 10 6 9 11 18
      Engineering, other 3 1 6 8 4 4 6 5 4 5
    Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences 9 8 13 15 13 16 9 11 8 12
      Geological sciences 5 2 6 5 5 5 7 6 4 4
      Ocean, marine, and atmospheric sciences 4 6 7 10 8 11 2 5 4 8
    Health sciences 8 8 11 8 4 5 7 9 9 5
      Public health . . . . . . 1 . . .
      Health sciences, other 8 8 11 8 4 5 6 9 9 5
    Mathematics and statistics 10 14 9 6 11 9 14 12 13 14
      Applied mathematics 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 2 1
      Mathematics 2 4 1 . 3 4 6 5 7 9
      Statistics . 1 . . . . . . . .
      Mathematics and statistics, other 6 8 7 5 4 4 4 5 4 4
    Physical sciences 27 31 38 39 27 30 39 37 33 44
      Astronomy and astrophysics 6 5 5 . 1 1 2 . . 3
      Chemistry 16 19 23 21 17 20 26 23 24 30
      Physics 5 7 10 18 9 9 11 14 9 11
    Psychology 12 14 16 19 12 14 13 16 19 21
      Clinical psychology 5 8 9 8 5 7 7 12 10 8
      Counseling and applied psychology 4 4 4 5 4 6 3 2 6 7
      Research and experimental psychology 3 2 3 6 2 1 2 1 2 5
      Psychology, other . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 1
    Social sciences 17 27 13 29 19 26 20 25 23 23
      Anthropology 1 . 1 . . 2 1 . . .
      Economics 1 2 1 7 2 6 4 5 2 4
      Political science and government 5 5 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 4
      Public policy analysis . . . . . 1 . . . .
      Sociology, demography, and population studies 4 11 3 11 4 3 4 4 5 4
      Social sciences, other 6 9 4 8 9 11 6 11 12 11
  Non-science and engineering 84 84 76 92 91 70 92 88 101 93
    Business 12 18 11 12 15 12 10 17 18 11
      Business 12 18 11 12 15 12 10 17 18 11
    Education 26 34 33 33 27 31 38 37 37 45
      Education leadership and administration 6 6 7 7 7 10 17 5 8 7
      Education research 12 19 21 19 14 14 15 24 22 22
      Teacher education and teaching fields 7 8 5 7 5 6 3 5 5 8
      Education, other 1 1 . . 1 1 3 3 2 8
    Humanities and arts 27 23 22 35 33 20 29 23 28 18
      Letters 13 6 8 12 11 8 13 9 12 8
      Foreign languages and literature 1 2 . 2 6 3 4 3 2 3
      History 4 7 9 5 3 3 4 7 8 4
      Philosophy and religious studies . . . . . . . . . .
      Music and performing arts 6 7 4 14 10 6 8 3 6 3
      Humanities and arts, other 3 1 1 2 3 . . 1 . .
    Other non-science and engineering 19 9 10 12 16 7 15 11 18 19
      Communication 9 7 4 6 10 5 11 8 14 17
      Public administration and social services 4 1 3 4 4 1 3 2 1 2
      Non-science and engineering, other 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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Field 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
  All R&D fields 384,268 344,556 296,673 286,733 296,497 286,726 265,168 291,972 281,154 290,076
    Science 297,141 279,424 244,403 237,727 241,400 233,471 217,337 239,864 235,273 241,084
      Computer and information sciences 10,527 18,477 15,399 8,284 6,538 6,455 3,477 3,917 3,110 2,767
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 41,171 33,440 28,763 32,283 31,853 31,488 29,452 32,845 33,702 31,609
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,907 5,976 3,597 4,269 5,364 5,386 4,330 5,088 5,295 4,211
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 23,523 20,358 19,120 20,469 20,412 19,227 18,124 20,557 21,595 21,210
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,741 7,106 6,046 7,545 6,077 6,875 6,998 7,200 6,812 6,188
      Life sciences 181,370 173,539 158,608 155,187 160,443 154,348 147,917 162,566 154,764 158,545
        Agricultural sciences 94,162 91,647 88,218 88,320 67,304 66,136 60,867 67,733 74,013 72,242
        Biological and biomedical sciences 75,146 71,438 60,515 56,483 57,732 55,119 56,590 61,824 76,574 82,220
        Health sciences 1,532 670 566 928 26,509 23,984 21,960 22,547 3,842 3,742
        Natural resources and conservation 10,530 9,784 9,309 9,456 8,898 9,109 8,500 10,462 0 0
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 341
      Mathematics and statistics 8,112 6,720 2,077 2,701 2,419 2,146 2,084 2,063 2,234 2,080
      Physical sciences 36,946 30,594 23,438 22,366 23,944 24,133 19,472 21,641 21,815 21,816
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,050 12,606 10,020 8,252 8,558 9,652 7,054 7,938 7,922 8,503
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 20,617 17,419 12,979 13,851 14,926 14,148 12,155 13,415 13,502 13,062
        Physical sciences nec 1,279 569 439 263 460 333 263 288 391 251
      Psychology 1,077 832 750 902 1,119 802 573 960 607 1,168
      Social sciences 5,824 4,752 4,537 4,888 3,704 4,296 4,265 3,718 7,072 7,729
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 3,019 2,297 2,640 2,894 700 830 935 580 4,969 5,410
        Political science and government 350 242 325 83 192 158 201 223 221 216
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 295 314 296 560 1,250 1,433 1,543 1,170 502 240
        Social sciences nec 2,160 1,899 1,276 1,351 1,562 1,875 1,586 1,745 1,380 1,863
      Sciences nec 12,114 11,070 10,831 11,116 11,380 9,803 10,097 12,154 11,969 15,370
    Engineering 63,779 53,974 39,104 40,084 45,803 44,604 41,065 42,710 38,728 41,378
      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 10,943 8,733 5,887 6,543 7,978 5,306 5,352 6,276 5,121 7,234
      Civil engineering 16,332 14,299 10,719 10,772 12,298 11,879 11,594 10,978 10,789 10,874
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,152 5,273 2,338 2,195 2,651 2,997 2,682 2,577 2,166 2,738
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,682 1,230 409 444 452 217 206 446 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,670 7,067 4,568 4,160 4,758 4,479 4,118 5,222 5,449 5,591
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,127 5,130 4,708 4,667 5,613 5,953 5,410 6,084 6,589 6,089
      Engineering nec 13,873 12,242 10,475 11,303 12,053 13,773 11,703 11,127 8,614 8,852
    Non-S&E 23,348 11,158 13,166 8,922 9,294 8,651 6,766 9,398 7,153 7,614
      Business management and business administration 1,594 1,830 1,656 1,351 1,453 1,247 1,067 1,049 724 1,465
      Communication and communications technologies 751 685 984 442 612 428 158 187 301 356
      Education 687 817 857 480 944 745 1,821 2,056 1,786 1,260
      Humanities 737 707 438 717 974 790 544 1,114 607 967
      Law 663 748 867 489 779 691 672 927 1,122 1,238
      Social work 1,021 669 583 114 89 16 27 55 45 46
      Visual and performing arts 3,378 176 137 61 185 172 132 1,385 1,255 1,144
      Non-S&E nec 14,517 5,526 7,644 5,268 4,258 4,562 2,345 2,625 1,313 1,138

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: 2023
(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 384,268 127,243 73,829 156,614 14,807 6,295 5,480
    Science 297,141 99,882 61,882 116,706 9,540 4,769 4,362
      Computer and information sciences 10,527 5,835 2,497 1,674 300 167 54
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 41,171 12,616 1,762 24,123 1,213 1,134 323
        Atmospheric science and meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Geological and earth sciences 6,907 1,527 48 4,755 317 86 174
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences 23,523 9,507 1,431 11,522 332 601 130
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec 10,741 1,582 283 7,846 564 447 19
      Life sciences 181,370 62,288 53,662 51,861 7,219 2,535 3,805
        Agricultural sciences 94,162 20,707 44,607 22,744 4,412 1,109 583
        Biological and biomedical sciences 75,146 37,324 4,253 27,102 2,387 1,120 2,960
        Health sciences 1,532 577 154 462 218 121 0
        Natural resources and conservation 10,530 3,680 4,648 1,553 202 185 262
        Life sciences nec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Mathematics and statistics 8,112 1,883 689 5,466 8 60 6
      Physical sciences 36,946 14,676 985 20,003 580 576 126
        Astronomy and astrophysics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Chemistry 15,050 5,919 456 8,200 317 154 4
        Materials science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Physics 20,617 8,594 529 10,770 232 387 105
        Physical sciences nec 1,279 163 0 1,033 31 35 17
      Psychology 1,077 437 95 427 77 18 23
      Social sciences 5,824 2,024 2,191 1,176 143 279 11
        Anthropology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
        Economics 3,019 303 2,130 458 33 90 5
        Political science and government 350 58 58 171 22 35 6
        Sociology, demography, and population studies 295 153 0 112 0 30 0
        Social sciences nec 2,160 1,510 3 435 88 124 0
      Sciences nec 12,114 123 1 11,976 0 0 14
    Engineering 63,779 15,748 10,500 31,718 4,106 1,176 531
      Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Bioengineering and biomedical engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      Chemical engineering 10,943 2,479 334 5,866 1,640 397 227
      Civil engineering 16,332 4,728 5,475 5,575 329 168 57
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering 7,152 1,132 197 5,506 275 4 38
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering 3,682 141 2 3,539 0 0 0
      Mechanical engineering 6,670 3,185 1,164 1,350 894 3 74
      Metallurgical and materials engineering 5,127 150 0 4,875 102 0 0
      Engineering nec 13,873 3,933 3,328 5,007 866 604 135
    Non-S&E 23,348 11,613 1,447 8,190 1,161 350 587
      Business management and business administration 1,594 0 86 1,019 379 0 110
      Communication and communications technologies 751 136 16 211 181 29 178
      Education 687 411 67 181 18 10 0
      Humanities 737 14 94 404 185 11 29
      Law 663 0 0 524 139 0 0
      Social work 1,021 628 55 64 10 264 0
      Visual and performing arts 3,378 2,600 38 691 27 0 22
      Non-S&E nec 14,517 7,824 1,091 5,096 222 36 248

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: 2023–14
(Dollars in thousands)
Source of funds 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Federal Agencies 127,243 111,886 103,178 87,895 88,721 84,309 81,644 86,754 83,644 94,701
  DOD 15,251 17,384 18,045 9,664 7,961 7,964 7,554 5,943 5,269 5,185
  DOE 6,220 5,321 6,240 6,397 6,947 6,512 4,425 5,820 5,637 6,255
  HHS 50,097 44,154 37,089 31,189 33,109 30,167 32,083 34,864 31,934 38,381
  NASA 6,837 4,307 3,625 3,551 3,548 2,179 1,524 2,336 2,913 3,091
  NSF 20,103 16,481 17,191 15,899 16,222 17,238 16,783 15,768 14,639 19,956
  USDA 12,045 10,699 10,062 8,545 9,587 8,713 9,182 10,888 11,843 10,173
  Other 16,690 13,540 10,926 12,650 11,347 11,536 10,093 11,135 11,409 11,660

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: 2023–17 [temporarily discontinued]
Year
2023 . . . .
2022 . . . .
2021 . . . .
2020 . . . .
2019 3,301 591 2,710 .
2018 3,316 599 2,717 .
2017 3,185 565 2,620 .

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 1,422 1,411 1,375 1,319 1,339
    Agricultural sciences 566 592 503 508 554
    Biological and biomedical sciences 164 142 126 126 126
    Computer and information sciences 2 2 5 5 4
    Engineering 255 252 215 191 367
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 160 158 162 164 32
    Health sciences 17 15 103 94 119
    Mathematics and statistics 7 7 4 4 3
    Natural resources and conservation 39 39 39 40 0
    Physical sciences 148 147 154 153 109
    Psychology 11 11 12 12 12
    Social sciences 32 27 22 20 9
    Other 21 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
  All research space 141,784 . 14,280 . 39,892
    Agricultural sciences 0 . 14,280 . 0
    Health sciences 0 . 0 . 2,239
    Natural resources and conservation 0 . 0 . 37,653
    Other 141,784 . 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
  All research space 37,374 7,113 6,507 3,942 11,341
    Agricultural sciences 16,325 2,624 837 0 0
    Biological and biomedical sciences 1,888 283 0 0 0
    Computer and information sciences 6,091 398 0 0 0
    Engineering 1,521 1,049 392 0 0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences 3,724 0 0 0 0
    Health sciences 0 2,037 4,655 3,072 3,166
    Mathematics and statistics 0 0 0 0 0
    Natural resources and conservation 0 0 0 483 8,175
    Physical sciences 2,216 722 349 387 0
    Psychology 0 0 274 0 0
    Social sciences 0 0 0 0 0
    Other 5,610 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

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