Parents

College is a time of opportunity, transition, and challenge but not just for students. LSUS is committed to meeting your student's needs and providing the highest quality learning environment. Whether beginning at LSUS as a freshman or a transfer student, the University provides comprehensive orientation programs to get students off to a good start.

Fast Facts

• LSUS was established in 1967.


• LSUS held its first session on September 21, 1967.


• LSUS began with 68 dedicated administrators, faculty, and staff.


• LSUS held its first graduation ceremony in 1975, for the first LSUS graduates.


• LSUS has a current student population of about 4,000 students and has seen over 73,000 students pass through its doors.


• LSUS has an annual impact on the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area economy of over $46 million.


• LSUS has a very high percentage of faculty with terminal degrees (83%).


• LSUS has the lowest student/teacher ratio (19 to 1) of any public university in Louisiana.


• LSUS faculty and staff have generated over $20 million in grants in the past five years.


• LSUS's Noel Memorial Library has 250,000 volumes, 2,000 journals and 300 online electronic databases in its main collection.


• LSUS is home to the first U.S. Olympic Committee-sponsored USA Weightlifting Development Center.


• LSUS Student Activities sponsors more than forty extra-curricular clubs and organizations throughout campus.