Louisiana Tech named the safest university in Louisiana | #1 public university in louisiana
Founded: 1894
Location: Ruston, Louisiana
Type: Four-year selective admissions research university awarding bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.
Mission: As a selective-admissions, comprehensive public university, Louisiana Tech is committed to quality in teaching, research, creative activity, public service, and workforce/economic development. Louisiana Tech maintains as its highest priority the education and development of its students in a challenging, yet safe and supportive, diverse community of learners.
Total Census Day Enrollment: 11,173 students
Freshman Class: Full-time — 1866 Part-time — 6
Student/Faculty Ratio: 23:1
Average Freshman ACT: 25
IPEDS Retention Rate: 81% (Fall 2019 Cohort)
Academic Calendar: Quarter system awarding semester hours. Three quarters (Fall, Winter, Spring) equals two semesters at other universities.
Affordability: Approximately 89% of students receive some form of financial assistance.
Varsity Sports: 16 varsity sports competing in NCAA Division I – Conference USA.
Campus Community: Louisiana Tech’s pedestrian-friendly campus centers around the Quad with its shady trees and the Lady of the Mist fountain. Ruston, a friendly southern town of approximately 22,000 is home to parks, lakes, and world-class mountain biking trails.
Ruston, LA
Ruston is a small city and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana
Population: 22,166
Average Annual Temperature: 64.8 F
There are six golf courses located in Ruston.
June is prime time for peaches in North Louisiana, and for more than 60 years this Ruston festival has celebrated the fuzzy fruit.
More than 30 restaurants
There are several lakes within a 45-minute drive of Ruston – Lake D’Arbonne, Lake Claiborne, Lake Bistineau, and Lake Caney. Going to the lakes is a fun break from campus, and many students have access to boats and tubes.
Ruston also has a variety of churches that welcome students. Many of the churches offer an Adopt-a-Student program, which connects you with a local family who will take care of you and occasionally fix you home-cooked meals!
One of the most popular parks in the nation is right here in Ruston. Lincoln Parish Park has many miles of bike trails, running trails, and picnic areas on a lake setting. You can fish and rent paddleboats and canoes. The Lincoln Parish Park also holds the national Xterra races, a triathlon event that draws world-class athletes.
