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Louisiana Tech University Overview: Transforming Education & Research Excellence in Louisiana

Explore the rich history, academic accolades, enrollment profile, performance indicators, and student life at Louisiana Tech University. Discover its top undergraduate and graduate programs, research achievements, and commitment to student success. Join a community driven by tenets of confidence, excellence, commitment, knowledge, integrity, respect, leadership, loyalty, enthusiasm, caring, hope, and pride.

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Louisiana Tech University Overview: Transforming Education & Research Excellence in Louisiana

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  1. Search Committee Presentation September 25, 2012

  2. History • 1894 – Act 68 creates a “first-class Industrial Institute and College for the education of the children of the State of Louisiana in arts and sciences.” • 1895 – Classes begin at the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana with 6 faculty and 202 students • 1921 – Became the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and offered its first Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering • 1970 – Renamed Louisiana Tech University

  3. Today • $462 Billion annual economic impact • Over 90,000 TECH graduates • Current enrollment of 11,360 • Tuition & Fees of $6,543 ($13,212 out-of-state) • 1,127 faculty and staff employed • Academic Programs: 61 undergraduate; 41 graduate • Carnegie Research University/High Activity

  4. Budget

  5. Campus • 1,780Acres • 180 Buildings • 1 Active Capital Outlay Project – Research Park

  6. Enrollment History

  7. Enrollment Profile • Fall 2012 enrollment of 11,360 • 79% UG |21% Graduate • 65% White |14% Black • 52% Female |48% Male • 84% In-State |16% Out-of-State • 68% Full-time |32% Part-time • 69% Under Age 24

  8. Feeder Parishes

  9. Performance Indicators • 24.1 ACT • 88% FTF on TOPS • 77.1% FTF Retention Rate (’10 to ’11) • 47.2% Same Institution Graduation Rate 54.2% Statewide Graduation Rate (2005 Cohort) • 1,893 Completers (2011/12)

  10. Academic Colleges • Applied and Natural Sciences • Business • Education • Engineering and Science • Liberal Arts • Graduate School

  11. Degree Programs (2011-12 Completers) TOP 5 UNDERGRAD • General Studies (124) • Biology (65) • Kinesiology (61) • Psychology (60) • Sociology (59) TOP 5 GRAD • Engineering (60) • Business Administration (52) • Counselor Education (39) • Industrial/Organizational Psychology (30) • Secondary Education (23)

  12. Academic Accolades • Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a Tier One National University • Ranked in the top ten in the nation for technology commercialization and #3 in the nation for nanotechnology education programs by Small Times Magazine • 90% of first-year and senior students rated their educational experience as “good or excellent”

  13. Research • 16research centers/institutes • Between 2006-2010: • 12 Start-up Companies • 22 Small Business Innovation Research Awards • 26 Licenses and Options Executed • 76 Patent Applications; 22 Patents Issued • 140 Reports of Invention (ROI) • Average of 20 ROIs per $10 millionresearch and development expenditures, approx. five times the national average

  14. Student Life • Over 130 student organizations • Student Amenities • Student Center • On-Campus Housing options • Lambright Sports Center • Bulldog Achievement Resource Center (BARC)

  15. Athletics • 16 NCAA Division I Teams • Western Athletics Conference (WAC) joining Conference USA in 2013 • Mascots: Bulldog & Lady Techsters • 8 programs recorded highest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores and 3 programs had a perfect 1,000 • Highest student-athlete graduation rate (71%) in state among schools with football programs

  16. TENETS OF TECH Confidence | Excellence |Commitment | Knowledge | Integrity | Respect | Leadership Loyalty | Enthusiasm | Caring | Hope | Pride

  17. www.ulsystem.edu/LATECHsearch

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