2023 Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,074 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 432nd most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 10 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in adult and continuing education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana adult and continuing ed students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Louisiana

1

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, Louisiana

#15 overall quality in Louisiana

$38,919 Average Early-Career Earnings

$28,113 Average Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana list. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.

Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana Adult & Continuing Education Report

2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 overall quality in Louisiana

$43,255 Average Early-Career Earnings

$21,686 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Adult and Continuing Ed Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified ’s adult and continuing ed students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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• Most Focused Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education

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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