by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #988 spot.
In addition, NSU took the #12 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana.
NSU was ranked #582 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, NSU took the #8 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Louisiana.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 81.6% of the total graduate students at NSU are women and 18.4% are men.
Of all the graduate students at NSU, around 30.1% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at NSU. Around 1.8% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,738 | $16,526 |
| Fees | $3,876 | $3,876 |
Graduate students earning a master's degree from NSU enter careers with an average starting salary of $47,122. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 19% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Northwestern State University of Louisiana.
Contact details for NSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 175 Sam Sibley Drive, Natchitoches, LA 71497-0002 |
| Phone: | 318-357-6011 |
| Website: | https://www.nsula.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/NorthwesternState |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/nsula |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 97.2% of the graduate students at NSU took at least one online course. For that same period, 91.9% of grad students took all of their classes 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.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 12 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 4 |
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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