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Best Value History Schools in Louisiana

2023 Best Value History Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,768 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,663 Avg Salary

Finding the Best History School for You

History is the #23 most popular major in Louisiana with 426 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to see which programs offered the best value experiences for history 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.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality in History

$11,958 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College the best value school in Louisiana for history students. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana State University are $11,958 per year. The average amount in student loans that history majors at Louisiana State University take out is $19,781.

Louisiana State University also took the #2 spot in our Best History Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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$9,058 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Louisiana at Monroe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best history schools in Louisiana. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ULM are $9,058 a year. On average, history graduates from ULM take out $24,484 in student loans while working on their degree.

ULM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best History Schools in Louisiana list.

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$8,289 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeastern Louisiana University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value History Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Southeastern undergraduate students pay an average of $8,289 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, history graduates from Southeastern take out $23,829 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value History Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 1,063
West Virginia 539
Mississippi 232
South Carolina 423
Florida 887
Virginia 1,500
Arkansas 246
Alabama 505
Kentucky 366
Georgia 679
Tennessee 555

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 32,731

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Abraham Ortelius.

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