2024 Best Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in economics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #15 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for economics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 189 bachelor's degrees in economics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other economics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt economics students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized economics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for economics students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Economics Schools

The economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Louisiana.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Economics in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Economics

1

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

173 Annual Graduates

$40,619 Median Starting Salary

$19,500 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Tulane University of Louisiana if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in economics. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the economics program earn about $40,619 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in economics from Tulane University of Louisiana

2

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

14 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.More information about a bachelor’s in economics from Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Best Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Economics Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1,333
Georgia	224	519
Tennessee	220	365
North Carolina	213	1,058
Virginia	213	1,201
South Carolina	195	287
Kentucky	187	202
Alabama	184	69
Mississippi	169	49
Arkansas	167	89
West Virginia	147	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Economics

Economics is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Economics	142
Development Economics & International Development	47

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	558
Sociology	390
Anthropology	73
International Relations & National Security	58
Geography & Cartography	23
General Social Sciences	17
Other Social Sciences	14
Urban Studies	13

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.