by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
McNeese State University came in at #906 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
McNeese also ranked #8 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana.
Women make up 73.3% of the total graduate student body at McNeese while men make you 26.7%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 29.0% of the graduate students who attend McNeese are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at McNeese. Around 5.9% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,703 | $13,740 |
| Fees | $2,710 | $2,710 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from McNeese enter careers with an average starting salary of $51,431. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 12% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of McNeese State University.
Contact details for McNeese are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4205 Ryan St, Lake Charles, LA 70605 |
| Phone: | 337-475-5000 |
| Website: | www.mcneese.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/McNeeseStateU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/McNeese |
About 74.7% of the graduate students at McNeese State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 48.3% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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