Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014, Rank – 98, Louisiana State University In Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014, Rank – 98, Louisiana State University In Louisiana


Baton Rouge, LA 70803, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014, Rank – 98, Louisiana State University In Louisiana

pic 1

 

 Louisiana State University 

1146 Pleasant Hall , Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 USA 

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (most often referred to as Louisiana State University orLSU) is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge,Louisiana.[7] The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926, and consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architectAndrea Palladio, and occupies a 650-acre (2.6 km²) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.

LSU is the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System, and the largest institution of higher education in Louisiana in terms of student enrollment. In 2011, the University enrolled nearly 24,000 undergraduate and over 5,000 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. Several of LSU’s graduate schools, such as the E.J. Ourso College of Business and the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, have received national recognition in their respective fields of study.[8] Designated as a land-grantsea-grant and space-grantinstitution, LSU is also noted for its extensive research facilities, operating some 800 sponsored research projects funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.[9][10]

LSU’s athletics department fields teams in 21 varsity sports (9 men’s, 12 women’s), and is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the SEC (Southeastern Conference). The University is represented by its mascot, Mike the Tiger.

Rankings

University rankings
National
ARWU[30] 70–89
Forbes[31] 179
U.S. News & World Report[32] 134
Washington Monthly[33] 197
Global
ARWU[34] 151–200
Times[35] 501–550

Louisiana State University is ranked 134th in the national universities category and 67th among public universities by the 2013 U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. colleges.[36] LSU is also ranked as the 179th best overall university in the nation byForbes magazine[37] and is featured in the 2011 edition of Princeton Review’s Best 371 Colleges guide. Additionally, U.S. News & World Report ranked LSU as the 16th most popular university in the nation.[38] LSU was listed for academic censure by the national Association of University Professors for its alleged mistreatment of faculty on June 16, 2012.[39] Programs that have received recognition within LSU include the following:

  • The E. J. Ourso College of Business has two professional programs ranked by U.S. News & World Report: in 2008, the Public Affairs Institute ranked 57th nationally and 40th among public universities according to the magazine, and the Flores MBA program was ranked 62nd nationally and 33rd among public universities.[40]Additionally,
    • LSU students have won the International Student High Achievement Award, an accolade given to students who score the highest possible score on the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam, seventeen times during the last twenty-one years.[41]
    • In 2007, the Flores MBA Program was ranked seventh in the nation “for attracting corporate MBA recruiters who recruit regionally” by the Wall Street Journal.[42]
  • The LSU College of Engineering undergraduate program was ranked 85th by U.S. News & World Report while the graduate program was ranked 90th.[43]
  • The Paul M. Hebert Law Center is ranked as the 75th best law school in the nation by the 2010 U.S. News Rankings of Best Law Schools.[44]
  • In 2009, Entrepreneur Magazine ranked LSU among the top 12 Entrepreneurial Colleges and Universities in the nation.[45]
  • The University’s Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture was ranked No. 1 nationally in undergraduate and No. 2 in graduate programs by DesignIntelligence in its 2011 and 2012 editions of “America’s Best Architecture & Design Schools”. The journal has ranked the school in the top five since 2004.[46]
  • The LSU College of Education graduate program was ranked 91st in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.[47]
  • The LSU French program, comprising the Department of French Studies and the Center for French and Francophone Studies, is recognized by the Cultural Services office of the French Ambassador to the United States as a centre d’excellence, an honor given to only 15 university French programs in the United States, and is ranked as one of the top 20 undergraduate French programs in the nation.[48][49]
  • The LSU graduate program in fine arts is ranked 76th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.[50]
  • The LSU graduate program in library and information studies is ranked 22nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, tied with the programs at San Jose State UniversityUniversity of Alabama, and University of Oklahoma.

pic 2 pic 3