Louisiana Tech University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 50,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,706 (67%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,252
Men / Women 57% / 43%
From State 86%
From Region 12%
Athletes 348 (4.5%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 71%
Black 12%
International 6%
Hispanic 5%
Asian 2%
Mixed 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Louisiana Tech University 1,486 53% 78% 2% 9% 3% 2% $76,683 64 -0.10 84 96% 9.3%
Biomedical Engineering 19 — 21% 84% 0% 0% 11% 5% $90,752 26 -0.68 93 100% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 24 — 79% 79% 4% 0% 8% 0% $123,422 96 +1.84 99 96% — — — —
Civil Engineering 31 — 61% 81% 3% 3% 3% 10% $94,075 61 +0.25 94 97% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 35 — 94% 77% 0% 9% 3% 3% $112,958 50 -0.19 99 94% — — — —
Engineering 19 — 84% 89% 0% 0% 5% 0% $129,034 96 +2.32 99 100% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 12 — 42% 83% 0% 0% 8% 0% $94,113 5 -1.26 94 96% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 73 — 79% 84% 0% 4% 3% 4% $109,831 92 +1.34 98 99% — — — —
Computer Science 88 — 83% 70% 5% 8% 1% 11% $106,490 31 -0.54 98 100% — — — —
Chemistry 16 — 56% 81% 12% 6% 0% 0% $60,476 8 -1.07 63 100% — — — —
Mathematics 8 — 50% 75% 12% 12% 0% 0% $71,837 36 -0.51 80 — — — — —
Physics 6 — 83% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $78,507 35 -0.37 86 — — — — —
Biology 98 — 30% 82% 2% 6% 4% 0% $72,161 80 +0.66 80 98% — — — —
Agricultural Business and Management 6 — 67% 83% 0% 17% 0% 0% $71,718 39 -0.21 80 — — — — —
Animal Sciences 27 — 26% 93% 0% 4% 0% 0% $59,144 69 +0.48 60 95% — — — —
Dietetics 12 — 42% 83% 0% 17% 0% 0% $71,527 80 +0.72 79 98% — — — —
Environmental Science 15 — 53% 93% 0% 0% 7% 0% $60,478 65 +0.23 63 — — — — —
Forestry 30 — 83% 83% 0% 10% 3% 0% $65,308 65 +0.35 71 96% — — — —
Clinical Laboratory Science 9 — 33% 44% 11% 11% 22% 0% $76,030 49 -0.15 84 — — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 43 — 5% 86% 0% 2% 5% 0% $65,067 66 +0.39 71 100% — — — —
Health Sciences 77 — 44% 78% 0% 10% 1% 3% $43,324 1 -1.72 19 — — — — —
Kinesiology 11 — 64% 45% 0% 27% 0% 0% $66,902 74 +0.60 74 97% — — — —
Nursing 34 — 32% 88% 3% 3% 0% 0% $88,517 41 -0.37 92 — — — — —
Accounting 45 — 49% 76% 4% 4% 4% 2% $92,043 66 +0.32 94 97% — — — —
Apparel and Textile Marketing Management 6 — 0% 83% 0% 17% 0% 0% $66,649 17 -0.85 73 — — — — —
Business Administration 62 — 52% 71% 0% 15% 3% 0% $83,162 73 +0.29 89 94% — — — —
Finance 50 — 70% 70% 4% 6% 12% 4% $72,644 8 -0.91 80 98% — — — —
Health Information Management 14 — 14% 79% 0% 21% 0% 0% $61,836 47 -0.23 65 97% 8.1% — — —
Logistics 26 — 81% 81% 4% 4% 4% 0% $83,162 32 -0.53 89 94% — — — —
Management Information Systems 45 — 78% 69% 9% 16% 2% 2% $79,681 24 -0.73 87 94% — — — —
Managerial Economics 11 — 36% 73% 0% 0% 9% 9% $84,250 33 -0.52 89 — — — — —
Marketing 62 — 45% 82% 2% 6% 2% 3% $70,606 29 -0.54 78 93% — — — —
English 18 — 22% 83% 0% 11% 6% 0% $50,179 43 -0.27 37 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 7 — 43% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% $53,462 34 -0.41 46 — — — — —
History 8 — 88% 75% 0% 12% 0% 0% $47,648 11 -0.91 30 100% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 70 — 43% 74% 0% 19% 3% 3% $56,376 50 -0.09 53 91% 9.6% — — —
Geography 4 — 75% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $63,443 64 +0.15 68 — — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 17 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $44,106 9 -1.08 21 94% — — — —
Journalism 16 — 44% 81% 0% 6% 0% 0% $54,671 20 -0.85 49 100% — — — —
Political Science 15 — 40% 87% 0% 7% 0% 0% $76,467 67 +0.31 84 94% — — — —
Psychology 61 — 28% 74% 0% 8% 5% 5% $52,536 37 -0.38 43 87% — — — —
Sociology 16 — 62% 31% 0% 44% 6% 6% $48,207 11 -0.79 31 90% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 10 — 10% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $57,644 86 +0.80 57 94% — — — —
Elementary Education 18 — 0% 94% 0% 6% 0% 0% $57,644 86 +0.80 57 94% — — — —
Physical Education — — — — — — — — $57,886 56 +0.02 57 — — — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 7 — 14% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% $57,644 68 +0.30 57 94% — — — —
Architecture 23 — 48% 74% 13% 0% 9% 0% $66,540 38 -0.18 73 100% — — — —
Graphic Design 30 — 30% 67% 3% 20% 3% 3% $53,770 30 -0.49 46 94% — — — —
Interior Architecture 14 — 7% 71% 0% 7% 0% 7% $65,737 32 -0.27 72 — — — — —
Music 9 — 78% 78% 0% 22% 0% 0% $48,464 58 +0.18 32 — — — — —
Studio Art 8 — 25% 88% 0% 12% 0% 0% $47,116 54 +0.03 29 — — — — —
Automation Engineering Technology 26 — 88% 81% 0% 12% 0% 4% $102,310 93 +1.13 97 — — — — —
Aviation Flight 17 — 88% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,101 25 -0.51 91 97% — — — —
Aviation Management 23 — 74% 83% 4% 9% 0% 0% $87,101 25 -0.51 91 97% — — — —
Construction Engineering Technology 55 — 93% 75% 2% 13% 7% 0% $93,299 20 -0.63 94 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,378
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $17,396
Est. In-State Cost $13,425
Est. Out-of-State Cost $22,503
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 44%
6-Year Graduation Rate 64%
Transfer-Out Rate 10%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 21.6% 321 56% 75% 3% 9% 4% 2% $78,654 49 -0.33 86 95% 8.1%
Engineering 14.3% 213 72% 82% 1% 3% 5% 4% $108,709 76 +0.74 98 97% —
Health Sciences 11.7% 174 33% 78% 1% 8% 3% 1% $60,710 4 -0.71 63 99% —
Social Sciences 8.7% 129 33% 75% 0% 11% 3% 3% $54,274 31 -0.49 48 91% —
Professional 8.1% 121 88% 81% 2% 10% 3% 1% $93,186 91 -0.21 94 99% —
Humanities 6.9% 103 43% 77% 0% 17% 3% 2% $54,417 48 -0.21 48 92% 9.6%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.6% 98 30% 82% 2% 6% 4% 0% $72,161 72 +0.66 80 98% —
Agriculture & Food Science 6.1% 90 54% 88% 0% 8% 2% 0% $63,910 66 +0.38 69 96% —
Computer Science 5.9% 88 83% 70% 5% 8% 1% 11% $106,490 43 -0.54 98 100% —
Arts 5.7% 84 36% 73% 5% 12% 4% 2% $58,059 75 -0.25 57 97% —
Education 2.4% 35 6% 91% 0% 6% 3% 0% $57,644 74 +0.70 57 94% —
Physical Sciences & Math 2.0% 30 60% 83% 10% 7% 0% 0% $67,112 17 -0.78 74 100% —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $15.5M #165 38% $0.5M 8 #188 84 5
Business & Economics $3.6M #122 11% $0 4 #199 — —
Physical Sciences & Math $3.0M #260 28% $0.0M — — — 1
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.9M #256 8% $0.0M 5 #275 46 —
Health Sciences $1.9M #206 52% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $1.8M #199 23% $0.1M 2 #173 — —
Education $1.4M #205 38% $0 9 #340 — —
Life & Natural Sciences $1.0M #317 38% $0 3 #204 15 —
Agriculture & Food Science $1.0M #161 51% $0.0M — — — —
Total $31.1M #228 33% $0.7M 31 #322 145 6

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 112 $11.1M $11.1M $0
Track & Field (combined) 73 $850K $850K $0
Baseball 40 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Basketball 13 $2.6M $2.6M $0
Golf 10 $411K $411K $0
Total 213 $17.1M $17.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 72 $951K $951K $0
Soccer 29 $754K $754K $0
Softball 21 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Volleyball 20 $834K $834K $0
Basketball 14 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Tennis 9 $524K $524K $0
Bowling 8 $334K $334K $0
Total 135 $6.4M $6.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 145 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Football 112 $11.1M $11.1M $0
Baseball 40 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Soccer 29 $754K $754K $0
Basketball 27 $4.6M $4.6M $0
Softball 21 $1.0M $1.0M $0
Volleyball 20 $834K $834K $0
Golf 10 $411K $411K $0
Tennis 9 $524K $524K $0
Bowling 8 $334K $334K $0
Total 348 $34.0M $34.0M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 72%
Yield (non-ED) 28%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 76% 76% 55%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 32%
SAT Range 1170 – 1340
SAT Math Range 620 – 680
SAT RW Range 560 – 670