Study at Louisiana State University

LSU is in Baton Rouge, LA. Baton Rouge is a medium-sized city. The school is a public institution. LSU issues awards (degrees) up to the level of Doctoral degree.

Course Topics

Fields of study in vogue at the school include science, real estate and construction management, and liberal arts.

LSU Selectivity

Not all applicants to LSU are accepted. The top quarter of students at the school scored at least 640 on the verbal SAT test. Students' math SAT scores were most often in the range 550 to 650 in 2007.

Faculty

The most successful professors at LSU are given tenure, encouraging them to stay with the school for a long time. The the school teaching staff is well compensated compared to other schools.

Student Enrollment

Approximately 28,628 students study at LSU (in 2007).

Student Life

Very few students at the school attend part-time. Students participate in Southeastern Conference athletics.

The school reports its educational mission is:
"As the flagship institution of the state, the vision of Louisiana State University is to be a leading research-extensive university, challenging undergraduate and graduate students to achieve the highest levels of intellectual and personal development. Designated as both a land grant and sea grant institution, the mission of Louisiana State University is the generation, preservation, dissemination, and application of knowledge and cultivation of the arts. In implementing its mission, LSU is committed to: offer a broad array of undergraduate degree programs and extensive graduate research opportunities designated to attract and educate highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students; employ faculty who are excellent teacher-scholars, nationally competitive in research and creative activities, and who contribute to a world-class knowledge base that is transferrable to educational, professional, cultural, and economic enterprises; and use its extensive resources to solve economic, environmental, and social challenges."