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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

6 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 2,977 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

#1

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

Our 2023 rankings named McNeese State University the best school in Louisiana for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Louisiana Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Louisiana. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public school with a large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a large student population.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate education programs. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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Best Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Education Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 7,730
West Virginia 1,515
Florida 10,069
Virginia 9,522
Arkansas 4,954
Mississippi 4,219
South Carolina 3,980
Tennessee 5,194
Alabama 5,059
Kentucky 5,329
Georgia 9,722

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Horadrim.

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