Southern University Law Center: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #5431 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #1512 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #1430 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #21 of 27 | In Louisiana |
| #3 of 4 | In Baton Rouge |
| #856 of 1,483 | For Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Quick Review
- Undergraduates
- 723
- Graduates
- 185
- Control
- Public
- Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- sulc.edu
- Acceptance rate
- 96%*
* Southern University Law Center is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.
We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.
Publications & Citations
Southern University Law Center has published 467 scientific papers with 2,944 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Philosophy, Environmental Science, Business, Economics, Geography and Cartography, and History.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1 | 21 |
| 1993 | 4 | 18 |
| 1994 | 6 | 18 |
| 1995 | 6 | 21 |
| 1996 | 3 | 25 |
| 1997 | 3 | 21 |
| 1998 | 5 | 24 |
| 1999 | 1 | 28 |
| 2000 | 0 | 53 |
| 2001 | 4 | 25 |
| 2002 | 11 | 101 |
| 2003 | 2 | 49 |
| 2004 | 0 | 64 |
| 2005 | 3 | 60 |
| 2006 | 10 | 73 |
| 2007 | 7 | 77 |
| 2008 | 3 | 76 |
| 2009 | 7 | 81 |
| 2010 | 7 | 315 |
| 2011 | 8 | 66 |
| 2012 | 28 | 145 |
| 2013 | 23 | 77 |
| 2014 | 20 | 79 |
| 2015 | 19 | 70 |
| 2016 | 24 | 238 |
| 2017 | 23 | 71 |
| 2018 | 20 | 73 |
| 2019 | 34 | 175 |
| 2020 | 26 | 97 |
| 2021 | 31 | 124 |
| 2022 | 44 | 146 |
| 2023 | 37 | 132 |
| 2024 | 6 | 101 |
Notable alumni
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Murphy J. Foster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Murphy James Foster Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004.
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Cleo Fields
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Cleo C. Fields is an American attorney and politician who serves in the United States House of Representatives, currently representing Louisiana's 6th congressional district. He previously represented Louisiana's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1997 and ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in 1995. He has served as a member of the Louisiana State Senate on three different occasions. Fields is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Kip Holden
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistlawyer
- Biography
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Melvin Lee "Kip" Holden, is an American politician who served from 2005 to 2016 as the Democratic Mayor-President of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The parish includes the state capital of Baton Rouge and smaller suburban cities such as Baker, Central City, and Zachary.
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Claire Babineaux-Fontenot
- Occupations
- executive
- Biography
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Claire L. Babineaux-Fontenot is the CEO of Feeding America, a national foodbank across the United States. In 2020, Time named her among the 100 most influential people in the world.
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Rick Gallot
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Joseph Gallot Jr., known as Rick Gallot was named president of the University of Louisiana System in October 2023 after serving nearly nine years as president of Grambling State Also he was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 29. In the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011, Gallot received 12,992 votes (50.3 percent).
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Stephanie A. Finley
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Stephanie Ann Finley is the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana and is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
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Anthony Henderson
- Enrolled in Southern University Law Center
- Studied in 1990-1993
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Anthony M. Henderson is a major general in the United States Marine Corps and is currently serving as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Training Command.
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Jeff Cox
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Jeffrey Stephen Cox, known as Jeff Cox is a judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport, Louisiana.
General info
| Founded | 1947 |
|---|---|
| Academic calendar | Semesters |
| Total FTE staff | 126 |
| Carnegie classification | Special Focus Four-Year: Law Schools |
Location and contacts
| Address | P.O. Box 9294 2 Roosevelt Steptoe Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70813 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 227,000 |
| Phone | 2257712552 |