by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 40,596 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 26th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,158 and had an average of $27,396 in loans still to pay off.
Across Louisiana, there were 362 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,413 and $29,650 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 154 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public health.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dillard University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana list. Dillard University is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 13 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Louisiana University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana. Southeastern is a public institution located in Hammond, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 50 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #4 spot on the list. UNO is a public institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at University of New Orleans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana list. McNeese State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It awarded 14 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at McNeese State University
Louisiana State University - Shreveport did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #6. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized school located in Shreveport, Louisiana that handed out 18 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Louisiana State University - Shreveport Public Health Report
University of Holy Cross did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #7. UHC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 1 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
With a ranking of #8, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 36 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Health at LSU Health - New Orleans
With a ranking of #8, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Health Major in Louisiana list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 130 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on Public Health at Tulane University of Louisiana
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