by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General History is the 23rd most popular major in the country with 31,397 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Louisiana, there were 426 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general history.
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The general history school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana 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 13 degrees to qualified masters’s general history students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General History at University of New Orleans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana list. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s general history students 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 Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana. This fairly large school is located in Hammond, Louisiana, and it awarded 14 masters’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #5 spot on the list. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general history degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General History at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #6. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s general history degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General History at Louisiana State University
With a ranking of #7, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General History Major in Louisiana list. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 4 masters’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Read full report on General History at Tulane University of Louisiana
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