 According to the "2015–2016 PayScale College Salary Report" salary potential for all alumni, Louisiana Tech ranks first among all public and private institutions in Louisiana, 60th nationally among public schools, 84th nationally among research universities, and 184th nationally among all universities and colleges.In the 2020 "U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges" rankings, Louisiana Tech's undergraduate engineering program ranked 134th in the nation, and Tech's undergraduate business program ranked 224th.In the 2019 "U.S. News and World Report Best Grad Schools" rankings, Louisiana Tech ranked 145th in engineering, 141st in speech-language pathology, and 185th in education.