by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette took the #803 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana, UL Lafayette came in at #6.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UL Lafayette took the #575 spot on the list.
UL Lafayette also ranked #7 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Louisiana.
The total graduate student population at UL Lafayette is made up of 57.2% women and 42.8% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 25.6% of the graduate students who attend UL Lafayette are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. UL Lafayette is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 9.8% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,511 | $19,239 |
| Fees | $4,619 | $4,619 |
Master's degree recipients from UL Lafayette earn an average salary of $55,703 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 5% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from UL Lafayette earn an average salary of $59,178 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 21% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Contact details for UL Lafayette are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 104 University Circle, Lafayette, LA 70503 |
| Phone: | 377-482-1000 |
| Website: | www.louisiana.edu/ |
About 54.7% of the graduate students at University of Louisiana at Lafayette took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 48.2% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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 |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 3 |
| Computer Engineering | 3 |
| Computer Science | 6 |
| Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology | 10 |
| Educational Administration | 14 |
| General English Literature | 11 |
| Geological & Earth Sciences | 1 |
| Mathematics | 1 |
| Nursing | 10 |
| Systems Engineering | 7 |
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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