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
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   431,439   142,226   78,318   181,877   15,478   8,008   5,532
    Science   342,589   115,374   66,594   139,396   10,664   6,366   4,195
      Computer and information sciences   7,155   4,553   124   2,155   260   0   63
      Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   45,154   15,539   1,583   25,486   978   1,243   325
        Atmospheric science and meteorology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Geological and earth sciences   6,166   1,237   48   4,186   387   131   177
        Ocean sciences and marine sciences   27,221   12,299   1,420   12,634   194   545   129
        Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences nec   11,767   2,003   115   8,666   397   567   19
      Life sciences   218,988   74,263   61,280   67,324   8,498   3,980   3,643
        Agricultural sciences   123,098   26,654   55,303   33,679   5,299   1,375   788
        Biological and biomedical sciences   82,051   42,006   1,042   31,151   2,929   2,356   2,567
        Health sciences   2,002   974   98   628   159   142   1
        Natural resources and conservation   11,837   4,629   4,837   1,866   111   107   287
        Life sciences nec   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
      Mathematics and statistics   8,632   2,012   262   6,239   16   99   4
      Physical sciences   40,043   14,691   1,002   22,724   693   811   122
        Astronomy and astrophysics   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Chemistry   14,637   4,470   613   9,007   241   293   13
        Materials science   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Physics   22,776   9,882   389   11,571   383   476   75
        Physical sciences nec   2,630   339   0   2,146   69   42   34
      Psychology   2,176   1,182   89   797   68   29   11
      Social sciences   7,523   2,916   2,253   2,053   107   167   27
        Anthropology   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
        Economics   3,981   1,018   2,180   697   29   47   10
        Political science and government   286   35   41   147   20   34   9
        Sociology, demography, and population studies   237   163   20   54   0   0   0
        Social sciences nec   3,019   1,700   12   1,155   58   86   8
      Sciences nec   12,918   218   1   12,618   44   37   0
    Engineering   68,678   18,393   10,040   34,526   4,000   1,056   663
      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   12,629   3,693   705   6,414   1,054   481   282
      Civil engineering   19,256   5,482   6,081   6,452   604   501   136
      Electrical, electronic, and communications engineering   8,242   1,087   256   6,615   250   1   33
      Industrial and manufacturing engineering   3,754   130   0   3,569   55   0   0
      Mechanical engineering   7,938   4,090   1,064   1,326   1,366   31   61
      Metallurgical and materials engineering   5,457   221   104   5,095   37   0   0
      Engineering nec   11,402   3,690   1,830   5,055   634   42   151
    Non-S&E   20,172   8,459   1,684   7,955   814   586   674
      Business management and business administration   1,693   70   25   1,301   237   0   60
      Communication and communications technologies   610   114   8   191   83   26   188
      Education   1,212   738   21   385   15   41   12
      Humanities   651   73   43   244   209   24   58
      Law   690   46   0   642   2   0   0
      Social work   1,548   565   226   335   0   419   3
      Visual and performing arts   5,909   3,844   208   1,796   50   0   11
      Non-S&E nec   7,859   3,009   1,153   3,061   218   76   342

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   142,226   127,243   111,886   103,178   87,895   88,721   84,309   81,644   86,754   83,644
  DOD   9,184   15,251   17,384   18,045   9,664   7,961   7,964   7,554   5,943   5,269
  DOE   6,320   6,220   5,321   6,240   6,397   6,947   6,512   4,425   5,820   5,637
  HHS   57,098   50,097   44,154   37,089   31,189   33,109   30,167   32,083   34,864   31,934
  NASA   8,985   6,837   4,307   3,625   3,551   3,548   2,179   1,524   2,336   2,913
  NSF   25,154   20,103   16,481   17,191   15,899   16,222   17,238   16,783   15,768   14,639
  USDA   16,208   12,045   10,699   10,062   8,545   9,587   8,713   9,182   10,888   11,843
  Other   19,277   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
2024   .   .   .   .
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   1,422   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   0   14,280   0   39,892
    Agricultural sciences   0   0   14,280   0   0
    Biological and biomedical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Computer and information sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Engineering   0   0   0   0   0
    Geosciences, atmospheric sciences, and ocean sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Health sciences   0   0   0   0   2,239
    Mathematics and statistics   0   0   0   0   0
    Natural resources and conservation   0   0   0   0   37,653
    Physical sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Psychology   0   0   0   0   0
    Social sciences   0   0   0   0   0
    Other   141,784   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
  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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