2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Louisiana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 1st of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts general studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 6,743 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,935 and $18,078 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 liberal arts general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts general studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts general studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts general studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 9 masters’s liberal arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts General Studies at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #2 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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