2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Louisiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 1,454 people earned their degree in general engineering science, making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States.

Across Louisiana, there were 38 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 general engineering science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general engineering science. That schools that top this list have a program in general engineering science 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree engineering science students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in Louisiana

1

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#17 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. UNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

Read more about General Engineering Science at UNO

2

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

#2 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Engineering Science 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. Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s engineering science degrees to qualified students.

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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Engineering Science at Louisiana State University

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering Science

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.

Credits

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