Louisiana State University--Shreveport
Work 1 University Place
Shreveport, LA 71115
Work(318) 797-5061
Admissions E-mail: admissions@pilot.lsus.edu
Web site: http://www.lsus.edu
Tier 4
College Category:
Universities-Master's (South)
Universities-Master's (South)
Overview : Louisiana State University--Shreveport
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Public |
| Year founded: | 1967 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 3,556 |
| Setting | urban |
| Endowment: | $8,924,083 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | 6/1 |
| Application fee: | $10 |
| Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: | 76.0 % |
| Selectivity: | selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2007-2008 In-state: $3,521; Out-of-state: $7,847 |
| Mission | |
| School mission | LSUS was established in 1967. LSUS held its first session on September 21, 1967. LSUS held its first graduation ceremony in 1972, for the first LSUS graduates. LSUS has a current student population of 4,230, and has seen over 73,000 students pass through its doors. LSUS has an annual impact on the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area economy of over $46 million. LSUS has one of the highest percentages of faculty with terminal degrees (83%). LSUS has the lowest student/teacher ratios (19 to 1) of any public university in Louisiana. LSUS faculty and staff have generated over $20 million in grants in the past five years. LSUS's Noel Memorial Library has 250,000 volumes, 2,000 journals and 300 online electronic databases in its main collection. LSUS is home to the first U.S. Olympic Committee-sponsored USA Weightlifting Development Center. LSUS Student Activities sponsors more than forty extra-curricular clubs and organizations throughout campus. |
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