2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in Louisiana (With Aid)

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 “Best Value Public Policy Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,199 people earned their degree in public policy, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,077 and had an average of $35,743 in loans still to pay off.

Across Louisiana, there were 5 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy 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 public policy program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in Louisiana (With Aid)

#1

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

#1 in overall quality

$16,312 Average Net Price

$38,925 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University and A & M College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 5 ’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our louisiana public policy students with aid list, Southern University and A & M College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Policy Schools in Louisiana” ranking. It costs about $16,312 for Louisiana Public Policy students with aid per year to attend Southern University and A & M College.

Read more about Public Policy at Southern University and A & M College

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• Best Value Colleges for Public Policy (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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