by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
History is the 30th most popular major in the country with 32,731 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, history graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,467 and had an average of $23,587 in loans still to pay off.
Across Louisiana, there were 426 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,663 and $24,275 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 68 history graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in history. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in history.
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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 Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree history students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana list. This medium-sized school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 13 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s history students in 2020-2021.
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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 History Major in Louisiana. Hammond, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s history degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana 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.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana. UL Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 7 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #6, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 8 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College History Report
With a ranking of #7, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on History Major in Louisiana list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 4 masters’s history degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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