by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Southern University at New Orleans landed the #1083 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana, SUNO came in at #18.
Women make up 78.0% of the total graduate student body at SUNO while men make you 22.0%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at SUNO, around 92.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. SUNO is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.6% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,024 | $12,965 |
| Fees | $2,726 | $2,726 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from SUNO enter careers with an average starting salary of $39,563. That's about 32% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Southern University at New Orleans.
Contact details for SUNO are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6400 Press Drive, New Orleans, LA 70126 |
| Phone: | 504-286-5000 |
| Website: | www.suno.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/SouthernUniversityAtNewOrleans |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/SUNOKnights |
In 2020-2021, 52.4% of the graduate students at Southern University at New Orleans took at least one class online. Approximately 5.8% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 33 |
| Information Science | 11 |
| Museum Studies | 5 |
| Social Work | 64 |
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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