by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Louisiana Tech University landed the #707 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, Louisiana Tech took the #5 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Louisiana Tech took the #419 spot on the list.
Louisiana Tech also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Louisiana.
Women make up 55.3% of the total graduate student body at Louisiana Tech while men make you 44.7%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Louisiana Tech, around 19.9% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Louisiana Tech is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 13.7% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,416 | $10,147 |
| Fees | $2,543 | $2,543 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Louisiana Tech is $52,780. That's about 10% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Louisiana Tech University.
Contact details for Louisiana Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1310 West Railroad Avenue, Ruston, LA 71272 |
| Phone: | 318-257-2000 |
| Website: | https://www.latech.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/latech |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/latech |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 56.4% of the graduate students at Louisiana Tech took at least one online course. Roughly 44.7% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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