2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in Louisiana

#1

Louisiana State University - Shreveport

Shreveport, Louisiana

$19,731 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University - Shreveport. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k list. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a medium-sized public school situated in Shreveport, Louisiana. It awarded 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 you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. 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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#3

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$61,176 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #3 spot on the list. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tulane, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (Income $48-$75k)

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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