2022 Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 31,017 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 178 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality early childhood education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the early childhood education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$12,690 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech University are $12,690.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at Louisiana Tech

#2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Natchitoches, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$20,402 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana. Located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

NSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwestern State University of Louisiana are $20,402, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana Early Childhood Education Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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