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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$9,821 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Louisiana to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

#1

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at McNeese are $8,413 per year.

McNeese did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $7,959 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for education in Louisiana.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

ULM graduate students pay an average of $9,777 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NSU are $9,614 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a great value 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.

UL Lafayette graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UL Lafayette also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #5.

Full Education at University of Louisiana at Lafayette Report

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana State University are $13,031 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Louisiana.

Full Education at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges 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.

  • 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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