2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana
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The Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Tulane University of Louisiana the best school in Louisiana for students working on their master’s degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Tulane does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 49% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.
Online graduate courses are available at Louisiana State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 66% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Out of the 16 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University - Shreveport landed the # 3 spot on the list.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.
Online graduate courses are available at Louisiana Tech, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 66% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Loyola University New Orleans helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Louisiana.
Online graduate courses are available at Loyola New Orleans, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
McNeese State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking.
One thing to take note of is that McNeese does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Louisiana at Monroe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at ULM. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Holy Cross did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list.
UHC does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #9, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their master’s degree.
UL Lafayette does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 53% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Southeastern Louisiana University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.
Online graduate courses are available at Southeastern, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 38% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Nicholls State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #11 on the list.
Nicholls State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 68% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern University and A & M College landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
Southern University and A & M College does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UNO does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #14 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.
Online graduate courses are available at NSU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Xavier University of Louisiana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #15 on the list.
XULA does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 68% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Grambling State University landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree programs.
GSU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
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