2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Computer & IS Security is the 50th most popular major in the country with 25,918 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Louisiana, there were 36 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 computer & is security graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,226 and $43,030 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in computer & is security. That schools that top this list have a program in computer & is security in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Computer & IS Security in Louisiana

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Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 overall quality in Louisiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance students in 2021-2022.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Computer & IS Security at Tulane University of Louisiana

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University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

#17 overall quality in Louisiana

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance Major in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #2 spot on the list. University of New Orleans is a medium-sized public school situated in New Orleans, Louisiana. It awarded 0 masters’s computer and information systems security/auditing/information assurance degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Computer & IS Security at UNO

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).
• 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.
• 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.