LSU business college ascends on 2013 ‘Best Colleges’ list

Though LSU at large dropped six spots to No. 134 overall in the top tier of U.S. News & World Report‘s annual ranking of the nation’s best universities, the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business undergraduate program jumped nine spots in the overall rankings, to No. 72. The business college also improved its ranking among U.S. public schools by seven spots, landing at No. 42 on this year’s list. Dean Richard White Jr. says the jump was expected and that he sees it as the start of a trend in rising rankings for the business college. According to U.S. News & World Report, 353 business schools are ranked this year. Other Louisiana business schools appearing on the 2013 overall rankings are Tulane University at No. 40; Loyola University, No. 166; Louisiana Tech University, No. 233; the University of New Orleans, No. 199; the University of Louisiana–Lafayette, No. 267; LSU-Shreveport, No. 309; and the University of Louisiana–Monroe, which landed on the last spot on the list, No. 353. For a Daily Report article on LSU’s ranking on the list, click here.