2023 Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 4,982 people earned their degree in general architecture, making the major the 127th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,005 and had an average of $26,624 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 95 general architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,424 and $20,875 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general architecture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s”.

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Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Louisiana

1

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

1 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 10 masters’s architecture degrees in 2020-2021.

Louisiana State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking.According to our most recent data, Louisiana State University supports 34,285 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

29 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

$2,493 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s architecture degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.

Louisiana Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list.According to our most recent data, Louisiana Tech University supports 11,126 students, and 29 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 26 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,493. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, Louisiana

604 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Louisiana for Architecture for a Master’s. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public institution located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UL Lafayette also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Architecture Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 604 of the 16,450 students enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette were GI Bill® students, of which 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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