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2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana

6 Ranked Colleges
422 Degrees Awarded
$13,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor's in Louisiana

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Engineering Technologies is the 19th most popular major in the country with 86,730 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $46,894 and had an average of $21,178 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 3,137 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,763 and $17,809 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 422 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,417 and $24,684 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in engineering technologies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality engineering technologies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the engineering technologies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Engineering Technologies in Louisiana

#1

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nicholls State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana list. Nicholls State University is a medium-sized school located in Thibodaux, Louisiana that handed out 46 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Nicholls State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $12,247 for louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students per year to attend Nicholls State University.

Full Nicholls State University Engineering Technologies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana list. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school awarded 92 degrees to qualified bachelors’s engineering tech students in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $12,487 for louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the #3 spot on the list. Southeastern Louisiana University is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 104 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southeastern, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $12,171 for louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students per year to attend Southeastern.

Full Southeastern Engineering Technologies Report

#4

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana. Louisiana Tech University is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 76 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students.

Read more about Engineering Technologies at Louisiana Tech

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern State University of Louisiana. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana list. This fairly large school is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students list, NSU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NSU is $12,866 for louisiana bachelor’s degree engineering tech students.

Full Northwestern State University of Louisiana Engineering Technologies Report

#6

Grambling State University

Grambling, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

Grambling State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Engineering Tech Schools for a Bachelor’s in Louisiana ranking. Grambling, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GSU, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Engineering Technologies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $18,516 for Louisiana Bachelor’s Degree Engineering Tech students per year to attend GSU.

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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).
  • 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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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