In the recently released Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2019, LSU is ranked 85th among public universities and 352nd overall, a jump 91 spots over last year’s placement in the rankings.
Among public SEC peers, LSU ranks seventh and is 32nd among flagship universities nationwide. In Louisiana, LSU is the highest ranked public university in the state.
LSU President F. King Alexander has long been a proponent more transparency and having universities publicizing their outcome measures. Alexander has worked closely ranking agencies such as Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings to help them continue to refine their rankings to appropriately reflect the mission of and the public good created by public universities.
“The focus has shifted in college rankings to those that place an emphasis on criteria such as outcomes, which are what truly matters to students and their families,” Alexander said. “Almost half of Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings is focused on outcomes such as mid-career earnings and debt load. These are areas where LSU’s graduates have performed well, and we are pleased to see that these rankings are working toward more and more effective ways of recognizing the public good delivered by exceptional public universities like LSU.”
LSU is the highest ranked Louisiana university and is in the top half of the SEC in the Washington Monthly 2018 College Guide and Rankings. Among peer public universities, LSU is ranked 90th and 30th among flagship universities nationwide.
According to the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, their college rankings are based on 15 key indicators that assess colleges in four areas: Outcomes, Resources, Engagement and Environment. Outcomes account for 40 percent of the weighting and measures things like the salary graduates earn and the debt burden they take on. Resources are weighted 30 percent and is a proxy for the spending schools put into instruction and student services. Engagement, weighted at 20 percent, is drawn from a student survey and examines views on things like teaching and interactions with faculty and other students. Environment, weighted at 10 percent, assesses the diversity of the university community.
LSU has been named as one of the top universities in the country in other recently released rankings as well.
LSU is the highest ranked Louisiana university and is in the top half of the SEC in the Washington Monthly 2018 College Guide and Rankings. Among peer public universities, LSU is ranked 90th and 30th among flagship universities nationwide.
LSU moved up in the latest Forbes America’s Top Colleges rankings. After being recognized as one of America’s Best Value Colleges earlier this year, LSU is also now the highest ranked public university in Louisiana in the publication’s America’s Top Colleges list. In addition, Forbes has placed LSU 59th overall among public universities nationwide, and fifth among public universities in the Southeastern Conference.
In U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 edition of Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the top tier for “Best National Universities” for the 11th-straight year and is the only public university in Louisiana ranked in the top tier this year. LSU is ranked 70th among public universities and 35th among flagship universities nationwide.
For the full Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings for 2019, visit https://www.timeshighereducation.com/rankings/united-states/2019.
