2024 Best Value Colleges for General Physics in Louisiana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 General Physics Schools in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Physics is the 60th most popular major in the country with 12,875 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across Louisiana, there were 93 general physics graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Physics Schools in Louisiana” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general physics. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general physics programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general physics program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Physics Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana general physics students.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Physics in Louisiana

1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$17,811 Average Net Price

$43,255 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #1 on our 2024 Best Value General Physics Schools in Louisiana list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school awarded 31 diplomas to qualified ’s general physics students in 2020-2021.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Physics Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $17,811 for louisiana general physics students per year to attend Louisiana State University.

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%.

Read full report on General Physics at Louisiana State University

2

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$12,140 Average Net Price

$38,004 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value General Physics Schools in Louisiana list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified ’s general physics students in 2020-2021.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNO, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Physics Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $12,140 for louisiana general physics students per year to attend UNO.

Full University of New Orleans General Physics Report

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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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