2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities 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 / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and 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 / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities 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 and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Louisiana State University Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 15 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. 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.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Tulane University of Louisiana

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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.

Credits

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