General
Information
Founded: 1901
Size of Campus: 382.63 Acres
Buildings: 106
Dormitories
Men: 4
Women: 7
Co-Ed: 8
Apartment Style: 3
Degree/Accreditation
Number of Degree Programs: 77
Degree Programs Eligible for Accreditation: 54
Total Eligible Programs Accredited: 52
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 : | 4,754 | Male: | 2,154 | |
| Graduate: | 407 | Female: | 3,007 | |
| Total: | 5,161 | Total: | 5,161 | |
| Percent Undergraduates: | 92.1% | Percent Male: | 41.7% | |
| Enrollment by Ethnicity | Enrollment by Residency | |||
| Black: | 4,526 | Louisiana | 3,017 | |
| White: | 226 | Out-of-State | 1,752 | |
| Other: | 409 | International | 338 | |
| Total: | 5,161 | Total | 5,161 | |
| Percent Non-Black: | 12.3% | Percent Non-Resident | 40.5% | |
| Enrollment of First-Time Entering Freshmen by Residency | |||
| Louisiana: | 639 | ||
| Out-of-State: | 536 | ||
| International: | 35 | ||
| Total: | 1,210 | ||
| Percent Non-Resident | 47.2% | ||
| Fall 2007 Student Credit Hour Production (SCHs) | |||
| Undergraduate: | 66,236 | ||
| Graduate: | 4,252 | ||
| Total: | 69,571 | ||
Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention
Fall 2006 to Fall 2007: 59.1
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Entering Fall 2001: 34%
Full-Time Instructional Faculty (Fall 2007)
| RANK | AVERAGE SALARY |
TENURE | ETHNICITY | GENDER | TOTAL | |||||
| Tenured | On Track | Ineligible | Black | White | Other | Male | Female | |||
| Professor | $70,569 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 19 | 47 | 17 | 64 |
| Associate Professor |
$59,085 | 37 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 56 |
| Assistant Professor |
$51,826 | 34 | 52 | 11 | 58 | 27 | 9 | 41 | 53 | 94 |
| Instructor | $39,824 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 |
| Total All Ranks | $56,589 | 132 | 74 | 43 | 156 | 59 | 34 | 130 | 119 | 249 |
Full-Time Staff by Ethnicity and Gender (Fall 2007)
| Employee Classification | Ethnicity | Gender | Total | |||
| Black | White | Other | Male | Female | ||
| Executive/Administrative/Managerial | 58 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 36 | 62 |
| Other Professionals | 104 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 77 | 122 |
| Technical and Paraprofessionals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Clerical and Secretarial | 156 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 149 | 164 |
| Skilled Crafts | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Service/Maintenance | 137 | 1 | 1 | 71 | 68 | 139 |
| Grand Total | 461 | 17 | 17 | 163 | 332 | 495 |
