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Louisiana State University - Shreveport was awarded 6 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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Louisiana State University - Shreveport landed the #1,222 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport is also ranked #6 out of 30 schools in Louisiana.
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With an acceptance rate of 89%, Louisiana State University - Shreveport has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 2% of students accepted to Louisiana State University - Shreveport submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 600. Math scores were between 510 and 540.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Louisiana State University - Shreveport, this rate is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Louisiana State University - Shreveport is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Louisiana State University - Shreveport is 65%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Louisiana State University - Shreveport is 17%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,553 undergraduates at Louisiana State University - Shreveport with 1,719 being full-time and 834 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,896 | $6,106 | $9,777 | $11,793 | $14,251 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Louisiana State University - Shreveport, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Louisiana State University - Shreveport, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $5,068 a year. That adds up to $20,272 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Louisiana State University - Shreveport are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115-2399 |
| Phone: | 318-797-5000 |
| Website: | www.lsus.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 2,608 | $43,321 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 411 | NA |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 226 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 195 | NA |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 101 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 54 | $34,855 |
| Public Health | 48 | NA |
| General Biology | 42 | $24,405 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 37 | NA |
| General Psychology | 35 | $28,863 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 7,762 students took at least one online class at Louisiana State University - Shreveport. This is a decrease from the 8,018 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,762 | 6,846 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,018 | 6,966 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,591 | 7,777 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,759 | 4,668 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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