2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education in Louisiana

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana” ranking.

With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 3,006 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,386 and $26,705 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 19 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,648 and $22,451 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana”.

Top 6 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Education in Louisiana

1

River Parishes Community College
Gonzales, Louisiana

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, River Parishes Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. River Parishes Community College is a public institution located in Gonzales, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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2

Delgado Community College
New Orleans, Louisiana

#14 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delgado Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana list. This fairly large school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City, Louisiana

#18 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana list. Bossier Parish Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Bossier City, Louisiana. It awarded 3 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Nunez Community College
Chalmette, Louisiana

#19 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nunez Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana list. Nunez Community College is a small public school situated in Chalmette, Louisiana. It awarded 1 associates’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Nunez Community College Education Report

5

Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#21 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baton Rouge Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana. BRCC is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 associates’s education degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Education at Baton Rouge Community College

6

Southern University at Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana

#22 overall quality in Louisiana

Southern University at Shreveport came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Education Major in Louisiana ranking. Southern University at Shreveport is a public institution located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Education at Southern University at Shreveport

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Notes and References

References

• 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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