Louisiana State University- Shreveport

1University Place, Shreveport, LA 71115

http://www.lsus.edu/

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School Description

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The mission of Louisiana State University in Shreveport is to: Provide a stimulating and supportive learning environment in which students, faculty, and staff participate freely in the creation, acquisition and dissemination of knowledge; Encourage an atmosphere of intellectual excitement; Foster the academic and personal growth of students; Produce graduates who possess the intellectual resources and professional and personal skills that will enable them to be effective and productive members of an ever-changing global community; and Enhance the cultural, technological, social and economic development of the region through outstanding teaching, research and public service.

The Louisiana State University System is a multi-campus, multipurpose system of higher education, accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, encompassing all Louisiana, and exerting a major influence on the economic, social, and cultural life of its citizens.

LSUS classes are smaller than most classes at comparable institutions. The typical student/teacher ratio at LSUS is 19/1, lending to individualized instruction and personalized learning. At LSUS, you are not a number, you are a student. Most professors will know you by name and take time to get to know your learning style and special needs.

LSUS has one of the best educated faculties in the state. Eighty percent of the faculty has a terminal degree, meaning they have earned the highest degree offered in their field of expertise. At LSUS, you are learning from the most highly trained faculty members.

LSUS offers over 40 clubs and organizations and encourages you to explore your interests. The University Student Activities Board provides many of the social, entertainment, and cultural activities on campus. The Activities Board sponsors events such as monthly art exhibits, dances, lobby concerts and demonstrations, a Fall Fest, a Spring Fling, speakers, special festivals, and trips.

Shreveport is in the heart of the AR-LA-TX, just three hours from Dallas, TX, Little Rock, AR, and Jackson, MS. LSUS is located in the fastest growing section of Shreveport. Students have easy access to shopping, movies, and restaurants. Students without vehicles will find Shreveport to be easily navigated by bus.

LSUS is located in a vibrant metropolitan area in northwest Louisiana which provides an exciting mix of cultural events, college and professional sports, outdoor recreation and shopping. With a population of over 300,000 residents and a progressive business and industry community, the metropolitan area provides ample opportunities for LSUS students to complete internships and supplement their income with part-time employment.

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Louisiana State University- Shreveport

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Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) is a branch of the Louisiana State University System in Shreveport, Louisiana. Opened in 1967, LSUS is located in southeast Shreveport on a campus of 4200 students.

LSUS grants undergraduate and graduate degrees at the masters and specialist degree levels. It is the only public four-year university in the Shreveport metro area. The school includes the Colleges of Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, and Education and Human Development.

The school is a commuter school with no on-campus dormitories. The university does, however, have its own housing in the form of apartments located at the northwestern edge of the campus.

LSUS offers many night courses, catering to its non-traditional student population for which it is known. According to the LSUS website, the university boasts a low student-teacher ratio of 19:1 and over 80% of the professors have doctoral degrees. The school has nationally-ranked NAIA teams and offers more than 40 other extra-curricular programs. Lloyd E. Lenard (1922-2008), a Shreveport businessman, Caddo Parish commissioner, and author, taught finance and insurance at LSUS on an adjunct basis.

LSUS operates Red River Radio, a public radio network based in Shreveport.

History

After nine years as a two-year institution, LSUS was advanced to four-year status in 1976 through the efforts of state Senator Don W. Williamson of Shreveport and state Representative Joe Henry Cooper of Mansfield, the seat of De Soto Parish.

Since becoming a four-year institution, LSUS has acquired national accreditation and has grown to include a wide variety of programs. Many of LSUS' professors have been published and nationally recognized. Recently, Dr. Binshan Lin, an Information Systems and Decision Sciences professor at LSUS, was named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Computer Information Systems in January of 2009. Many of LSUS' professors sit on nationally-recognized boards related to their disciplines.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Medium (2,000 to 5,000 Undergrad)
Mascots:
Fighting Tigers (men), Lady Tigers (women)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
3,655
On Campus Housing:
Unavailable
Full Time Students:
90%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 7,600
Students Receiving Aid:
86%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 10
Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Degree Programs at Louisiana State University- Shreveport

Bachelor's Level Programs

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources

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        A program that focuses on the application of biological, chemical, and physical principles to the study of the physical environment and the solution of environmental problems, including subjects such as abating or controlling environmental pollution and degradation; the interaction between human society and the natural environment; and natural resources management. Includes instruction in biology, chemistry, physics, geosciences, climatology, statistics, and mathematical modeling.
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  • Arts & Humanities

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      • English Language and Literature
        A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.
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      • Speech and Rhetorical Studies
        A program that focuses on human interpersonal communication from the scientific/behavioral and humanistic perspectives. Includes instruction in the theory and physiology of speech, the history of discourse, the structure and analysis of argument and types of public speech, the social role of speech, oral interpretation of literature, interpersonal interactions, and the relation of speech to nonverbal and other forms of message exchanges.
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      • French Language and Literature
        A program that focuses on the French language and related dialects and creoles. Includes instruction in French philology, Metropolitan French, Canadian French, African and Caribbean Creoles, French regional dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.
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      • Spanish Language and Literature
        A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.
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      • General Studies
        An undifferentiated program that includes instruction in the general arts, general science, or unstructured studies.
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    • History See more schools with programs in History
      • History
        A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of specific periods, issues and cultures; and applications to areas such as historic preservation, public policy, and records administration.
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    • Visual Arts See more schools with programs in Visual Arts
      • Fine/Studio Arts
        A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images); theory of art; color theory; composition and perspective; anatomy; the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio; and art portfolio marketing.
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  • Business

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    • Accounting & Related Services See more schools with programs in Accounting & Related Services
      • Accounting
        An accounting program provides the tools to practice accounting and to perform related business functions. This program includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.
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    • Financial Services See more schools with programs in Financial Services
      • Finance
        A program that generally prepares individuals to plan, manage, and analyze the financial and monetary aspects and performance of business enterprises, banking institutions, or other organizations. Includes instruction in principles of accounting; financial instruments; capital planning; funds acquisition; asset and debt management; budgeting; financial analysis; and investments and portfolio management.
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    • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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      • Marketing/Marketing Management
        A program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing research, demand analysis, cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, marketing campaign and strategic planning, market segments, advertising methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, retailing, and applications to specific products and markets.
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  • Communication & Media

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    • Mass Communication/ Media Studies
      A program that focuses on the analysis and criticism of media institutions and media texts, how people experience and understand media content, and the roles of media in producing and transforming culture. Includes instruction in communications regulation, law, and policy; media history; media aesthetics, interpretation, and criticism; the social and cultural effects of mass media; cultural studies; the economics of media industries; visual and media literacy; and the psychology and behavioral aspects of media messages, interpretation, and utilization.
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  • Education

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      • Special Education and Teaching
        A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.
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      • Art Teacher Education
        Art Teach Education programs prepare individuals to teach art and art appreciation programs at various educational levels.
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      • Biology Teacher Education
        This program empowers individuals to share their passion for biology by enabling them to teach biology programs at various educational levels.
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      • Chemistry Teacher Education
        Learn to teach the intricacies of chemistry at various educational levels.
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      • Early Childhood Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students ranging in age from infancy through eight years (grade three), depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all relevant subject matter.
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      • Elementary Education and Teaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.
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      • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach English grammar, composition and literature programs at various educational levels.
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      • Mathematics Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach mathematics programs at various educational levels.
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      • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
        A program that prepares individuals to teach physical education programs and/or to coach sports at various educational levels.
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      • Physics Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach physics programs at various educational levels.
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      • Social Studies Teacher Education
        A program that prepares individuals to teach general social studies programs at various educational levels.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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      • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
        A program that prepares public health specialists to plan and manage health services in local community settings, including the coordination of related support services, government agencies, and private resources. Includes instruction in public health, community health services and delivery, health behavior and cultural factors, local government operations, human services, health communication and promotion, health services administration in local settings, environmental health, preventive and comparative medicine, epidemiology, biostatistcs, family and community health, and applicable law and regulations.
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  • Life Science

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      • Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
        Study the chemistry of living systems in this four, six, or eight year program. Students of biochemistry learn the intricacies of the chemistry of living systems and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems. This program includes instruction in bio-organic chemistry, protein chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, bioseparations, regulatory biochemistry, enzymology, hormonal chemistry, calorimetry, and research methods and equipment operation.
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      • Biology/Biological Sciences
        Students in this program study general biology at an introductory level. This major provides students with a broad overview of biology and includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations.
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  • Mathematics and Statistics

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    • General Mathematics
      A general program that focuses on the analysis of quantities, magnitudes, forms, and their relationships, using symbolic logic and language. Includes instruction in algebra, calculus, functional analysis, geometry, number theory, logic, topology and other mathematical specializations.
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  • Natural Sciences

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      • General Chemistry
        A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.
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    • Physics See more schools with programs in Physics
      • General Physics
        A general program that focuses on the scientific study of matter and energy, and the formulation and testing of the laws governing the behavior of the matter-energy continuum. Includes instruction in classical and modern physics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanics, wave properties, nuclear processes, relativity and quantum theory, quantitative methods, and laboratory methods.
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  • Security and Protective Service Careers

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    • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
      A program that focuses on the criminal justice system, its organizational components and processes, and its legal and public policy contexts. Includes instruction in criminal law and policy, police and correctional systems organization, the administration of justice and the judiciary, and public attitudes regarding criminal justice issues.
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  • Social Sciences

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      • General Geography
        A program that focuses on the systematic study of the spatial distribution and interrelationships of people, natural resources, plant and animal life. Includes instruction in historical and political geography, cultural geography, economic and physical geography, regional science, cartographic methods, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and applications to areas such as land-use planning, development studies, and analysis of specific countries, regions, and resources.
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    • International Relations and Affairs See more schools with programs in International Relations and Affairs
      • General Political Science and Government
        A general program that focuses on the systematic study of political institutions and behavior. Includes instruction in political philosophy, political theory, comparative government and politics, political parties and interest groups, public opinion, political research methods, studies of the government and politics of specific countries, and studies 0f specific political institutions and processes.
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    • Psychology See more schools with programs in Psychology
      • General Psychology
        A general program that focuses on the scientific study of individual and collective behavior, the physical and environmental bases of behavior, and the analysis and treatment of behavior problems and disorders. Includes instruction in the principles of the various subfields of psychology, research methods, and psychological assessment and testing methods.
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    • Sociology See more schools with programs in Sociology
      • Sociology
        A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.
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  • Technology

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    • Information Systems Operation and Management See more schools with programs in Information Systems Operation and Management
      • General Computer Science
        A general program that focuses on computers, computing problems and solutions, and the design of computer systems and user interfaces from a scientific perspective. Includes instruction in the principles of computational science, and computing theory; computer hardware design; computer development and programming; and applications to a variety of end-use situations.
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    • Software Development See more schools with programs in Software Development
      • Computer and Information Sciences
        A general program that focuses on computing, computer science, and information science and systems as part of a broad and/or interdisciplinary program. Such programs are undifferentiated as to title and content and are not to be confused with specific programs in computer science, information science, or related support services.
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Master's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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      • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
        A program that is a structured combination of the arts, biological and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities, emphasizing breadth of study. Includes instruction in independently designed, individualized, or regular programs.
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  • Business

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      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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    • Information Systems See more schools with programs in Information Systems
      • Information Science/Studies
        A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity.
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  • Education

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      • General Education
        A program that focuses on the general theory and practice of learning and teaching; the basic principles of educational psychology; the art of teaching; the planning and administration of educational activities; school safety and health issues; and the social foundations of education.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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    • Healthcare Administration See more schools with programs in Healthcare Administration
      • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
        A program that prepares individuals to develop, plan, and manage health care operations and services within health care facilities and across health care systems. Includes instruction in planning, business management, financial management, public relations, human resources management, health care systems operation and management, health care resource allocation and policy making, health law and regulations, and applications to specific types of health care services.
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  • Social Sciences

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    • Psychology See more schools with programs in Psychology
      • Counseling Psychology
        A program that prepares individuals for the independent professional practice of psychological counseling, involving the rendering of therapeutic services to individuals and groups experiencing psychological problems and exhibiting distress symptoms. Includes instruction in counseling theory, therapeutic intervention strategies, patient/counselor relationships, testing and assessment methods and procedures, group therapy, marital and family therapy, child and adolescent therapy, supervised counseling practice, ethical standards, and applicable regulations.
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      • Educational Psychology
        A program that focuses on the application of psychology to the study of the behavior of individuals in the roles of teacher and learner, the nature and effects of learning environments, and the psychological effects of methods, resources, organization and non-school experience on the educational process. Includes instruction in learning theory, human growth and development, research methods, and psychological evaluation.
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  • Social Work

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    • Community Organization and Advocacy
      A program that focuses on the theories, principles, and practice of providing services to communities, organizing communities and neighborhoods for social action, serving as community liaisons to public agencies, and using community resources to furnish information, instruction, and assistance to all members of a community. May prepare individuals to apply such knowledge and skills in community service positions.
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 90%
Part-Time 10%
Men vs. Women
Women 65%
Men 35%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 65%
African-American 22%
Other 10%
Hispanic 3%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 90%
Out-of-State 10%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Louisiana 90%
Texas 3%
Indiana 0%
Arkansas 0%
California 0%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: No

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NAIA
Sports Include: Basketball (Gulf Coast Athletic Conference)
Baseball (Gulf Coast Athletic Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 3,270 $ 7,600  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 2,550 $ 6,880  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 755 $ 755  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,761 45%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,282 41%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 1,578 31%  
Student Loans:
$ 4,273 37%  
Any Aid:
  86%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 45% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 55%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 17, Verbal: 17, Math: 16
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 24, Math: 22

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 10.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Not Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

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lsu colleges in louisiana are one of the states most pretigious colleges and they are public and state funded with regional accreditation like colleges like harvard univ. you made a good choice

Photos

  • Entrance sign to Louisiana State University in Shreveport on Louisiana Highway 1 North
    Entrance sign to Louisiana State University in Shreveport on Louisiana Highway 1 North [source]
  • Noel Memorial Library at LSUS (back view)
    Noel Memorial Library at LSUS (back view) [source]
  • Decorative walkway connects LSUS Administration and Science buildings
    Decorative walkway connects LSUS Administration and Science buildings [source]
  • Restored cottage of the former Caspiana House plantation at the LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center
    Restored cottage of the former Caspiana House plantation at the LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center [source]
  • Four-story William H. Bronson Hall houses classrooms and offices. It is named for a former publisher of the Shreveport Times.
    Four-story William H. Bronson Hall houses classrooms and offices. It is named for a former publisher of the Shreveport Times. [source]

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