2021 Best Colleges in Louisiana for Students from Sri Lanka

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for Sri Lankan Students in Louisiana ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Louisiana to determine which were the best for Sri Lankan students in Louisiana. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Colleges in Louisiana for Students from Sri Lanka

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

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

$28,635 Avg Tuition & Fees

4.0% International Students

Our analysis found Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College to be the best school for Sri Lankan students in Louisiana in this year’s ranking. Louisiana State University is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,721 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

International students make up 4.0% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as China, India, and Iran come to Louisiana State University to study.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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2

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA

$16,806 Avg Tuition & Fees

2.7% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means Louisiana Tech University is a great place for Sri Lankan students in Louisiana working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Ruston, Louisiana, the fairly large public school handed out 1,514 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 2.7% of the total student population at the school is international. Students from as far away as China, India, and Nepal come to Louisiana Tech to study.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.