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 “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Health is the 26th most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in public health. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public health.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southeastern is a fairly large school located in Hammond, Louisiana that handed out 50 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Southeastern Louisiana University
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. Xavier University of Louisiana is a small private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 34 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s list. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 24 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University - Shreveport. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s. Shreveport, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Health at Louisiana State University - Shreveport
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
Dillard University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s list. Dillard University is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 13 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Holy Cross landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s ranking. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public health degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Holy Cross
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Public Health Major in Louisiana for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 130 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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