Top Honors
 Designated Research University I by Carnegie Foundation, ranking in top (2) percent of all Colleges

 Honors College - Mellon, Rhodes (2 in 90's) & Marshall Scholar '02; 4th largest enrollment Fulbright-sponsored students; 3 students received Barry Goldwater Fellowships in '98, 2 in '00; Top 35 in "Ivy League Programs @ State UniversitiesÐThe 50 best Honors Colleges in Nation"

 Entering Freshmen 2000, avg. 23.9 on ACT (1100+ on SAT), above national average of 20.6 (app. 975)

 Is among the nation's top 20 patent recipients

Lagniappe
 Ranks among the top 30 universities in total Federal, State and private expenditures

 Until 1999, LSU had the single largest donation ever by a single person to a University- $125,000,000, from Oilman Doc Pennington to the LSU Biomedical School for Nutrition Research

 In considering physical facilities, it is listed in the top 20 of campuses in America by Thomas Gaines' "The Campus as a Work of Art". The Live Oaks alone have been valued at over $36 million



Business
 LSU was ranked in the top 20 Public Business Schools, according to Business Week Sept., 2000

 LSU's Accounting Dept., a top 15 program, has provided 3 of the last 7 recipients of a Gold Medal for Distinguished Service in the AICPA (American Inst. of Cert. Public Accts). Only one is awarded, per year, to the top CPA in America

 In the International Certified Internal Auditor Examination, LSU had the highest scores in 12 of the last 16 years since 1985. It's widely recognized as the Top program in the World. It's 1st recipient just sold (Yr. 2000) his software company, Ceres, to NCR (Nat. Cash Resister) for $90 million

 In '99, 3 of 5 class officers, including president of Harvards MBA program, were LSU grads

 Real Estate program ranked 2nd in U.S. in Research Activity (Am. RE and Urban Econ. Journal)

 For 6 years in a row in 1990's, Human Resource Mgt. Dept. received a Superior Merit

 Undergrad Finance Program rated in top 5 percent (27th of 806 programs evaluated), according to Gourman & ranked 18th among 661 departs by Journal of Finance in terms of research productivity based on total number of articles published in academic research journals

 The Dept. of Marketing was ranked 16th among universities in 1995 in the number of articles published in the 3 most prestigious journals of Marketing



Engineering & Science
 The Petroleum Engineering School was ranked in the top Five (5) by the US News & World Report Magazine and the Gourman Report

 Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, widely regarded as one of best in nation and a leader in Gravitational Wave Research. In 1998, 3 physics and astronomy students were awarded prestigious Nat. Science Found. Grad Research Fellowships (exceeded only by Harvard)

 The Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering pioneered the use of Virtual Reality in engineering design. The LSU Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, an Intl. Ag. Honor Society, won the organizations 1992 National Outstanding Award

 The Cartographic Information Center (map library) in the Dept. of Geography and Anthropology is the largest university map library in the Nation

 Chemical and Engineering News (Oct. 29 issue, '01) showed LSU No. 8 in research equipment expenditures, behind only MIT, Florida, Cal Tech, Univ. of Chicago, Penn State, Case Western University and University of Illinois. Dept. of Chemistry ranked 34th on expenditures for Chemical Research in '99

 David Suarez, College of Design '78, supervised '98 $10 million restoration of Washington Monument

 Scott Melancon won a 2002 Skidmore Owings and Merrill Traveling Fellowship in Architecture



Information Technology
 One of only two Universities in the U.S. that has an interactive video multimedia simulation trainer

 LSU was also one of only 5 schools to pilot SAP's new business process integration certification

 Won in competition from the likes of CalTech, Cal Berkely, Stanford and Harvard, the Center for Advanced Microstructures & Devices, a cutting edge research activity in new advanced Super Computer chips and micro-miniaturization



Journalism
 LSU's Legacy Magazine was named No. 1 Student Magazine in the nation in 1999

 In '96, Journalism's Manship School featured advertising team that beat 130 other top schools

 Consistently win Top awards in the William Randolph Hearst Competition for Journalism (1st place, 4 Yrs. in a row) in early 90's

 LSU Press, one of the most respected, has won more than 120 awards in the past 10 years, including two (2) Pulitzer Prizes

 LSU is Home of the Southern Review, one of the most respected in the nation. It was established by Robert Penn Warren and Clenth Brooks, two well-known scholars

Music
 Music School - Dominated the MTNA American Collegiate Artist National Finals--1998 Winner Piano Competition; First Runner-Up, Strings Category; First Runner-up, Composition Category; First Runner-up, Chamber Music Category

 Earned the ONLY recognition ever of having an All-American College Marching Band in the Nation, awarded in the 1970's by ABC TV to the Golden Band from TigerLand

Veterinary Medicine
 Has one of the Top 5 Equine Vet Schools in the Nation

Graduation
 LSU's Career Services won National award of "Best Practice" in 1998; subsequently showcased nationwide, receiving an Excellence in 1999 from (NACE) the Natl. Assoc. of Colleges & Employers



Celebrities - Have distinguished & notable Alumni, such as:
 Bobby Freeman, Former Lieautenant Governor (four terms), former LA State Judge, LA Attn. General office, Silver Medal - National Finals and 2-time LSU Hall of Fame in boxing

 The deceased Hubert Humphrey, VP of The US

 Carlos Roberto Flores -- President of Honduras(1997 - )

 Lod Cook -- Retired Chairman and CEO of ARCO

 Harry Longwell -- President of EXXON U.S.A. and a Sr. Exec. VP (No. 2) of EXXON Corp

 Deceased Sydney Reso -- Former Pres. of EXXON Intl.

 NASA Engineering & Development Director Max Faget

 Academy Award Winner Bill Conti (for "The Right Stuff") -- Composer and conductor during Academy awards (also known for themes in Rocky, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, For your Eyes Only, Private Benjamin, Karate Kid, Masters of the Universe, ABC's Prime-Time Live, Peter Jennings and Ted Kopples' Nightline)

 Julie Giroux, Emmy-Award Winning Composer; Rex Reed -- New York Author & Critic

 Elizabeth Ashley-Actress (Evening Shade)

 Seven LSU Petrol. Eng. Grads are Heads of Major Oil Companies

 The Presidents of Seiko and Fruit of the Loom

 Thomas Ryder -- Chairman and CEO of Readers Digest

 Former Presidents of Revlon, Continental Airlines and South Central Bell

 A faculty member of the LSU Law Center was elected president in 1999 of Association of American Law

 Former Senator Russell Long -- Chairman, US Senate Finance Committee

 Brad Barringer (ex-LSU ROTC) heads up security detail for Air Force One

 David Suarez, College of Design '78, supervised the recent restoration of the Washington Monument

 Provided more officers in WWII than each of the academies! Famous LSU Generals include:

-- John J. Lejeune (WWI Marine Corp. Commandant - Camp "Lejuene", No. Carolina

-- Claire Chennault (Founder and Commander of World Renowned "Flying Tigers")

-- Troy Middleton (Eighth Army Commander - Held Bastogne during Battle of the Bulge)

-- J. Lawton Collins (European Theater). Attended LSU (West Point Graduate)

 Other famous high-ranking, war time VIP's:

-- Paul M. Hebert: Civilian Judge during Nuremberg War Trials (1947-48)

Sports
 LSU Football has won 5 All-Time National Championships, including the NCAA's in 1958

 The Baseball Team has won FIVE National Titles in the last 10 years (since 1991)

 Consistently competitive in all sports. The Ladies T&F team have dominated the Nation, winning 11 Outdoor NATIONAL Championships in a row!! The men's team is '01 Indoor Champs

 Earned the ONLY recognition ever of All-American College Marching Band, awarded in 70's by ABC TV

 LSU Tiger Girls Dance Team, National Champions 1998-1999

 Won the National Championship for Cheerleading pairs in 2001

 2001 SEC & Sugar Bowl Football Champions