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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$9,978 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree 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 12 schools in Louisiana to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Education Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in Louisiana for education students working on their master’s degree. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana Tech are $7,959 a year.

Louisiana Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southeastern Louisiana University is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public school with a large student population.

Southeastern graduate students pay an average of $8,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McNeese State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at McNeese are $8,413 a year.

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#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

Out of the 12 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Nicholls State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Nicholls State University graduate students pay an average of $8,084 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ULM are $9,777 a year.

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#6

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

University of New Orleans ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. UNO is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNO are $9,108 a year.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per 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.

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Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree education programs. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $9,614 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, LA

University of Holy Cross came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. UHC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.

UHC graduate students pay an average of $14,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value 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 12 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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