2022 Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Economics is the 18th most popular major in the country with 48,831 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,295 and had an average of $21,978 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 165 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,100 and $41,147 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 4 economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality economics programs that also have a lower cost than 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 economics program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree economics students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Economics in Louisiana

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Economics Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #1 spot on the list. Tulane University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in New Orleans, Louisiana that handed out 4 masters’s economics degrees in 2019-2020.

Tulane also made our “Best Economics Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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