Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, LA

LSU says, "Recognizing that the fundamental characteristics for effective participation in the marketplace and the community necessarily involve multidisciplinary study, each student designs a unique curriculum based on a major field of study and including 39 hours of general education courses across six areas of focus: English Composition, Analytical Reasoning, Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. In general education courses, students begin the development of the LSU Learning Outcomes, which are refined and focused in disciplinary courses taken during the junior and senior years, with the intention that all graduates, regardless of major, will develop a set of intellectual abilities, a degree of sophistication, and a civic-minded perspective that correspond to the high level of functionality represented in the outcomes taken as a whole." [Source]

Website: http://www.lsu.edu/

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27,825
Undergraduate
Enrollment

39%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$11,962
In-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

$28,639
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
(annually)

20:1
Student to Faculty Ratio

5.2%
Student Loan Default Rate

General Education Requirements

Composition

Literature

Foreign Language

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

YES

Science

YES

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Freedom of Expression

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A red light institution is one that has at least one policy both clearly and substantially restricting freedom of speech, or that bars public access to its speech-related policies by requiring a university login and password for access.

OASES of Excellence

The Eric Voegelin Institute

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Curriculum last evaluated: 6/29/2021

2019-20 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.