2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Louisiana

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Public Administration is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 121 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,916 and $46,644 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 113 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,232 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public administration.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana

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

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Louisiana

1

Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#23 overall quality in Louisiana

$45,056 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 47 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at Southern University and A & M College

2

University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana

#8 overall quality in Louisiana

$35,608 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana list. This medium-sized school is located in Monroe, Louisiana, and it awarded 28 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Full University of Louisiana at Monroe Public Administration Report

3

Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana

$37,718 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Grambling State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana. Grambling State University is located in Grambling, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Full Grambling State University Public Administration Report

4

University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#17 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Orleans. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Full University of New Orleans Public Administration Report

5

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

#2 overall quality in Louisiana

$49,869 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Louisiana list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 27 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Public Administration at Louisiana State University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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