As of Fall 2013, LSU enrolled over 29,000 students.  Culturally diverse in nature, the University recruits undergraduates and graduates from around the globe.  To date, there are more than 1,500 international students and over 4,400 graduate students.

LSU has produced a significant number of distinguished undergraduates, including numerous Marshall Scholars, Goldwater Scholars, Rhodes Scholars, Truman Scholars and Fullbright Scholars. LSU has produced as many Truman Scholars as Princeton in the past 10 years.

LSU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status.The College of Science ranks eighth in the nation in the number of students who apply to medical school, students are accepted to a number of prominent medical and dental programs including Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Baylor, Vanderbilt, Columbia, and Stanford.