2021 Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Louisiana
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Finding the Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Accounting is one of the most popular subjects to study in Louisiana. With 714 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.5% of all the accounting bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Accounting Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Louisiana ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in accounting. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great accounting programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the accounting program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The accounting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
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2021 Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Louisiana
Check out the accounting programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Accounting Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College tops the 2021 list of our schools in Louisiana that are best for non-traditional accounting students. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana ranking.
About 1.8% of Louisiana State University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,086 students at Louisiana State University that take at least one class online. 5,959 students are part time.
University of New Orleans landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best accounting schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNO, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana ranking.
The student loan default rate at UNO is lower than is typical, just 2.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,674 students at UNO that take at least one class online. 2,665 students are part time.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Shreveport, Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. Louisiana State University - Shreveport also made our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list, coming in at #5.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 6,966 of Louisiana State University - Shreveport students are exclusively distance learners. 5,865 of Louisiana State University - Shreveport students are attending part time.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. UL Lafayette is a large public school located in the midsize city of Lafayette. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UL Lafayette has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana ranking.
About 2.8% of UL Lafayette students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,441 students take at least one class online at UL Lafayette. There are roughly 4,259 part time students in attendance at UL Lafayette.
Southeastern Louisiana University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Southeastern is a large public school located in the small city of Hammond. Southeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.1%. There are approximately 4,256 students at Southeastern that take at least one class online. About 4,754 of the students at Southeastern are attending part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to McNeese State University. McNeese is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lake Charles. McNeese also made our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list, coming in at #7.
About 3.3% of McNeese students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 4,320 students at McNeese that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,430 part time students in attendance at McNeese.
University of Louisiana at Monroe comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Monroe, ULM is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. ULM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. Approximately 2,677 students take at least one class online at ULM. There are roughly 3,305 part time students in attendance at ULM.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best accounting schools for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. NSU also made our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list, coming in at #9.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.8%. 5,928 students at NSU are exclusively online. 4,844 of NSU students are attending part time.
Nicholls State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Thibodaux. Nicholls State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Accounting in Louisiana list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.4%. There are approximately 2,210 students at Nicholls State University that take at least one class online. There are roughly 1,421 part time students in attendance at Nicholls State University.
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).