Table 5
Selected Performance Measures of LSU and Leading Flagship Universities1
|
Institution |
U.S. News
Academic Reputation |
U.S. News Tier Ranking |
Average Freshman ACT Score |
First-Year Retention Rate |
Six-Year Graduation Rate |
Federally Financed R&D Expenditures in 2000 ($million)2 |
|
UC-Berkeley |
4.8 |
1 |
29.5 |
95% |
83% |
208 |
|
U Michigan |
4.6 |
1 |
27.5 |
95 |
82 |
364* |
|
UVA |
4.4 |
1 |
29.5 |
97 |
91 |
119* |
|
UCLA |
4.3 |
1 |
29.0 |
96 |
80 |
274 |
|
U Wisconsin- Madison |
4.3 |
1 |
27.0 |
92 |
75 |
279 |
|
UNC-Chapel Hill |
4.2 |
1 |
28.0 |
94 |
79 |
195 |
|
U Illinois-Urbana |
4.2 |
1 |
26.5 |
92 |
76 |
194 |
|
UT-Austin |
4.1 |
1 |
26.0 |
89 |
69 |
179 |
|
Georgia Tech |
4.0 |
1 |
29.5 |
87 |
69 |
126* |
|
U Washington |
4.0 |
1 |
25.5 |
90 |
71 |
390 |
|
LSU A&M |
2.8 |
3 |
23.5 |
82 |
54 |
45 |
1 SOURCE: U.S. News America’s Best Colleges 2002
2 SOURCE: www.nsf.gov
* This figure represents the system total for the corresponding university.