2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Health is the 27th most popular major in the country with 38,020 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 355 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,875 and $45,334 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 188 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree public health students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Louisiana (With Aid)

#1

Louisiana State University - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana

#4 in overall quality

$19,731 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$32,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University - Shreveport. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Shreveport, Louisiana, and it awarded 16 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University - Shreveport, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University - Shreveport are $19,731, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Health at Louisiana State University - Shreveport

#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 6 masters’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Health at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#3

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#3 in overall quality

$10,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Xavier University of Louisiana. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Xavier University of Louisiana is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s public health degrees to qualified students.

XULA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at XULA are $10,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana

#4

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,901 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulane University of Louisiana. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 119 degrees to qualified masters’s public health students in 2019-2020.

Tulane also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Health Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Health at Tulane

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Health (With Aid)

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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