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Sunday, September 7, 2008
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How Does Louisiana Rank?
State funding per full-time, four-year college student, 2006:$12,327
Southern regional average
$9,002
Louisiana (last in the South)
<li>18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college:
34.6%
U.S. average
31.6%
Southern regional average
26.5%
Louisiana (lowest in the Southern region)
25- to 34-year-olds in college:
9.4%
U.S. average
8.2%
Southern average
6.5%
Louisiana (lowest in the Southern region)
Intellectual property at Louisiana colleges:
28th
nationally in patents issued in 2005.
20th
nationally in licensing income.
First-year college retention rates:
84%
Southern regional average
78%
Louisiana
College students graduating within 6 years:
54%
U.S. average
52%
Southern regional average
36%
Louisiana
Median tuition and fees in 2006 for a four-year college:
$4,351
Southern regional average
$3,346
Louisiana
Median tuition and fees in 2006 for a two-year college:
$1,921
Southern regional average
$1,877
Louisiana
Increase in degrees from 1994-2005:
ASSOCIATE’S
43.3%
Southern regional average
66.6%
Louisiana
BACHELOR’S
25.8%
Southern regional average
19.9%
Louisiana
MASTER’S
43.1%
Southern regional average
28.6%
Louisiana doctoral
32.1%
Southern regional average
12.6%
Louisiana
Federal R&D grants (2004):
65th
LSU’s rank nationally in federal grants for research and development, with $107 million received
100th
Tulane University’s rank, the only other Louisiana school in the top 100.
R&D spending
37th
LSU’s rank nationally in university spending on research and development with $341 million spent.
University endowments (2006):
99th
LSU System’s rank nationally, with $593 million.
Source: Southern Regional Education Board Fact Book on Higher Education 2007
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