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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

3 Ranked Colleges
27 Degrees Awarded
$37,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master's in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 6,743 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,935 and $18,078 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for louisiana master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $30-$48k) in Louisiana

#1

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tulane University of Louisiana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Tulane did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane University of Louisiana are $61,176, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at Tulane University of Louisiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University - Shreveport landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized school located in Shreveport, Louisiana that handed out 3 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University - Shreveport not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University - Shreveport are $19,731, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Louisiana State University - Shreveport Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $30-$48k. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University are $29,970.

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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%.

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  • *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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