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 General Studies Major in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 129,869 general studies students received their degree, making the major the 5th most popular in the country.
Across Louisiana, there were 5,656 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 994 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 15 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree general studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University - Alexandria. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana. Located in Alexandria, Louisiana, this small public school awarded 60 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Louisiana State University - Alexandria General Studies Report
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Hammond, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 206 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 122 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Studies at McNeese State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 315 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette General Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern University at New Orleans. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general studies degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Studies at Southern University at New Orleans
Northwestern State University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana ranking, coming in at #6. NSU is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 113 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana General Studies Report
University of Louisiana at Monroe came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Monroe, Louisiana, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Louisiana at Monroe General Studies Report
Grambling State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. Grambling State University is located in Grambling, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s general studies degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #9, Louisiana State University - Shreveport did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. Located in Shreveport, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 64 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Studies at Louisiana State University - Shreveport
With a ranking of #10, Louisiana College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana College is a small school located in Pineville, Louisiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #11, Loyola University New Orleans did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. Loyola New Orleans is a small school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 1 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Louisiana Tech University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana list. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Holy Cross came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s general studies degrees 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.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Read more about General Studies at Louisiana State University
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Louisiana ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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