by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 366,996 liberal arts students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country.
Across Louisiana, there were 105 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,566 and $28,067 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in liberal arts.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana. Natchitoches, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend McNeese State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana. This medium-sized school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Holy Cross. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s liberal studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Liberal Studies Major in Louisiana. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a small school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 0 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Liberal Arts Report
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