Headcounts and Directory Information
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College (LSU) is a public, four-years institute located in Baton Rouge, LA. It has a total enrollment of 41,705 including undergraduate and graduate schools and students to faculty ratio is 21 to 1. It is a Research University (very high research activity) by Carnegie Classification and its highest degree is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.
A total of 1,610 faculty (instructional staffs), including both full-time and part-time faculty, are working at LSU. The average faculty salary is $103,487 for the academic year 2023-2024. You can check salary information in detail at faculty salary by academic rank.
For non-instructional staffs, a total of 7,035 employees work at LSU. The average non-instructional staff salary is $71,725. The detailed staff salary information is available at salary by occupation page.
| Directory Information | |
|---|---|
| Address | 156 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA |
| Phone Number | 225-578-3202 |
| Web | www.lsu.edu/ |
| Faculty & Staffs Overview | |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 21 to 1 |
| Number of Faculty | 1,371 Full-time / 239 Part-time |
| Number of Staffs | 6,696 Full-time / 339 Part-time |
| Faculty Average Salary | $103,487 |
| Staff Average Salary | $71,725 |
| Student Population | 41,705 |
Faculty and Staffs by Occupation
At Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, there are 7,035 employees including both full-time and part-time, instructional and non-instructional staffs. By employment types, 6,696 full-time and 339 part-time staffs work at LSU. By gender there are 3,236 male and 3,799 female employees.
Among them, 1,610 staffs are teaching (instructional) faculty - 1,897 full-time and 258 part-time faculty. By gender there are 1,226 male and 929 female faculty teaching at LSU.
The following table summarizes the number of faculty and staffs. You can check detailed staff statistics by gender, race, occupation, and faculty status.
| Staff Category | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Grand Total | 7,035 | 3,236 | 3,799 | 6,696 | 3,080 | 3,616 | 339 | 156 | 183 |
| Postsecondary Teachers | 2,155 | 1,226 | 929 | 1,897 | 1,095 | 802 | 258 | 131 | 127 |
| Librarians, Curators, and Archivists and other teaching and Instructional support | 274 | 69 | 205 | 263 | 65 | 198 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Management | 388 | 168 | 220 | 383 | 165 | 218 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Business and Financial Operations | 789 | 237 | 552 | 782 | 234 | 548 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Computer, Engineering, and Science | 960 | 568 | 392 | 944 | 561 | 383 | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| Community Service, Legal, Arts, and Media | 359 | 173 | 186 | 354 | 171 | 183 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Healthcare Practioners and Technical | 241 | 38 | 203 | 232 | 37 | 195 | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Service | 698 | 312 | 386 | 694 | 311 | 383 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Sales and related | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Office and Administrative Support | 837 | 133 | 704 | 815 | 131 | 684 | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| Natural Resources, Construction, and Maintenance | 325 | 304 | 21 | 323 | 302 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - |