by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 254,454 computer and information sciences students received their degree, making the major the 6th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, computer and information sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $52,893 and had an average of $27,324 in loans still to pay off.
Across Louisiana, there were 1,949 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,630 and $28,667 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 151 computer and information sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in computer and information sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in computer and information sciences.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern University at New Orleans. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana. SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 24 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern University and A & M College Computer & Information Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 13 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of New Orleans Computer & Information Sciences Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech University is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at Louisiana Tech
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Computer & Information Sciences Report
Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana list. Tulane University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana ranking. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Louisiana State University - Shreveport did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s computer and information sciences students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Computer & Information Sciences at Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Northwestern State University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer & Information Sciences Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #9. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s computer and information sciences degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
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