2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Public Health is the 42nd most popular major in the country with 20,721 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Louisiana, there were 151 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 87 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general public health. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public health 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 general public health program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$25,362 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general public health degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

LSU Health - New Orleans did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at LSU Health - New Orleans are $25,362.

Full LSU Health - New Orleans General Public Health Report

#2

Louisiana State University - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$19,731 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University - Shreveport landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Shreveport, Louisiana, and it awarded 16 masters’s general public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University - Shreveport did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University - Shreveport are $19,731, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Public Health at Louisiana State University - Shreveport

#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 24 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best General Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Public Health at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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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