General
Information
Founded: 1901
Size of Campus: 370 Acres
Buildings: 101
Dormitories
Men: 5
Women: 7
Co-Ed: 5
Apartment Style: 10
Degree/Accreditation
Number of Degree Programs: 77
Degree Programs Eligible for Accreditation: 53
Total Eligible Programs Accredited: 51
Percent of Accredited Programs: 96.3%
Profile of Full-Time & Part-Time Student
Full-time undergraduate students are required to be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours per Fall or Spring Semester and at least 6 credit hours per Summer Term. Full-time graduate students are required to be enrolled in at least 9 credit hours per Fall or Spring Semester and at least 6 hours per Summer Term.
| Enrollment by Level | Enrollment by Gender | |||
| Undergraduate : | 4,804 | Male: | 2,118 | |
| Graduate: | 449 | Female: | 3,135 | |
| Total: | 5,253 | Total: | 5,253 | |
| Percent Undergraduates: | 91.5% | Percent Male: | 40.3% | |
| Enrollment by Ethnicity | Enrollment by Residency | |||
| Black: | 4,543 | Louisiana | 2,937 | |
| White: | 159 | Out-of-State | 1,813 | |
| Other: | 551 | International | 503 | |
| Total: | 5,253 | Total | 5,253 | |
| Percent Non-Black: | 13.5% | Percent Non-Resident | 44.1% | |
| Enrollment of First-Time Entering Freshmen by Residency | |||
| Louisiana: | 529 | ||
| Out-of-State: | 556 | ||
| International: | 128 | ||
| Total: | 1,213 | ||
| Percent Non-Resident | 56.4% | ||
| Fall 2008 Student Credit Hour Production (SCHs) | |||
| Undergraduate: | 68,185 | ||
| Graduate: | 3,726 | ||
| Total: | 71,911 | ||
Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention
Fall 2007 to Fall 2008: 58.6
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Entering Fall 2002: 36.43%
Full-Time Instructional Faculty (Fall 2008)
| RANK | AVERAGE SALARY |
TENURE | ETHNICITY | GENDER | TOTAL | |||||
| Tenured | On Track | Ineligible | Black | White | Other | Male | Female | |||
| Professor | $71,169 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 13 | 58 |
| Associate Professor |
$59,504 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 51 |
| Assistant Professor |
$51,302 | 35 | 54 | 13 | 64 | 26 | 12 | 45 | 57 | 102 |
| Instructor | $40,913 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 34 |
| Lecturer | $44,594 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Total All Ranks | $55,640 | 128 | 70 | 61 | 169 | 57 | 33 | 134 | 125 | 259 |
Full-Time Staff by Ethnicity and Gender (Fall 2008)
| Employee Classification | Ethnicity | Gender | Total | |||
| Black | White | Other | Male | Female | ||
| Executive/Administrative/Managerial | 60 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| Other Professionals | 102 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 68 | 120 |
| Technical and Paraprofessionals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Clerical and Secretarial | 160 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 150 | 165 |
| Skilled Crafts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Service/Maintenance | 122 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 60 | 124 |
| Grand Total | 449 | 17 | 14 | 167 | 313 | 480 |
