2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Science in Louisiana

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Engineering Science is the 205th most popular major in the country with 1,454 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, engineering science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $76,473 and had an average of $22,601 in loans still to pay off.

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

This year’s “Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Louisiana for a Master’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular engineering science programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Louisiana for a Master’s

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

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

1

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#17 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Louisiana for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on 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 Most Well Attended Engineering Science Major in Louisiana for a Master’s 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 handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s engineering science students in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Engineering Science 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

• *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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