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Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

https://www.latech.edu

#325 National Colleges

64.09% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

8,141 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, large, primarily residential
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".Louisiana Tech opened as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894 during the Second Industrial Revolution. The original mission of the college was for the education of students in the arts and sciences for the purpose of developing an industrial economy in post-Reconstruction Louisiana. Four years later in 1898, the state constitution changed the school's name to Louisiana Industrial Institute. In 1921, the college changed its name to Louisiana Polytechnic Institute to reflect its development as a larger institute of technology. Louisiana Polytechnic Institute became desegregated in the 1960s. It officially changed its name to Louisiana Tech University in 1970 as it satisfied criteria of a research university.

Louisiana Tech enrolled 12,463 students in five academic colleges during the Fall 2018 academic quarter including 1,282 students in the graduate school. In addition to the main campus in Ruston, Louisiana Tech holds classes at the Louisiana Tech University Shreveport Center, Academic Success Center in Bossier City, Barksdale Air Force Base Instructional Site, and on the CenturyLink campus in Monroe.

Louisiana Tech fields 16 varsity NCAA Division I sports teams (7 men's, 9 women's teams) and is a member of Conference USA of the Football Bowl Subdivision. The university is known for its Bulldogs football team and Lady Techsters women's basketball program which won three national championship titles (1981, 1982, 1988) and made 13 Final Four appearances in the program's history.

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Location

City
Ruston, Louisiana

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Locale
Town: Distant (in urban cluster more than 10 miles and up to 35 miles from an urbanized area)

Region
Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 17.9%
Engineering 16.5%
Health Professions And Related Programs 9.1%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 6.0%
Education 5.4%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 4.3%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 3.8%
Family And Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 3.8%
Engineering Technologies And Engineering-Related Fields 3.8%
Social Sciences 3.5%
Psychology 3.5%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 3.4%
Transportation And Materials Moving 2.3%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences 2.3%
Visual And Performing Arts 2.2%
Architecture And Related Services 2.2%
Natural Resources And Conservation 2.2%
Physical Sciences 2.0%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 1.8%
History 1.0%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 1.0%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.0%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.8%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.4%

Cost

In State Tuition
$10,185.00

Out of State Tuition
$19,098.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
33.11%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$12,084.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1218 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 650 598 545
Verbal 610 565 520

ACT Scores

25 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 20
English 29 26 22