Washington Monthly’s annual College Guide and Rankings rates schools based on “what they are doing for the country,”—things like their contribution to social mobility, research and service. Louisiana’s colleges came in around the middle of the pack of about 316 schools ranked.
Those broad categories break down into recruiting and graduating low-income students, producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs, and encouraging students to give something back to their country.
Harvard University was the highest ranked university in the nation, followed by Stanford University.
Here’s where Louisiana schools ranked in the national universities category:
- LSU ranked highest of the state’s five schools making the list, coming in 139th overall—118th in social mobility, 93rd in research and 227th in service.
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 240th—172th in social mobility, 212th in research and 283rd in service.
- University of Louisiana at Monroe, 264th—232rd in social mobility, 271th in research and 259th in service.
- Louisiana Tech University, 276th—279th in social mobility, 257th in research and 223rd in service.
- Tulane University, 279th overall—303rd in social mobility, 109th in research and 61st in service.
- University of New Orleans, 299th overall—290th in social mobility, 214th in research and 297th in service.
“We are always pleased when national rankings place weight on important criteria such as outcomes, which are what truly matter to students and their families,” LSU President F. King Alexander told Daily Advertiser. “I’m proud to see that LSU remains highly ranked among its peers academically, but also in terms of affordability and alumni success.”
