2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Louisiana for Students from Indonesia

International 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 Colleges for Indonesian Students in Louisiana ranking is part of that endeavor.

After analyzing 2 schools in Louisiana, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Indonesian students in Louisiana. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Louisiana for Students from Indonesia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA

$16,418 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

5.0% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named McNeese State University the best affordable school for Indonesian students in Louisiana working on their bachelor’s degree. McNeese is a medium-sized public school situated in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It awarded 1,104 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 5.0% are international. Students from as far away as Nepal, Saudi Arabia, and India come to McNeese to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at McNeese runs, on average, about $16,418. Graduate students pay around $16,450 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, LA

$28,635 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.0% International Students

Out of the 2 schools in Louisiana 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 public school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 4,721 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.0% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Louisiana State University come from such countries as China, India, and Iran. International students at Louisiana State University can expect to pay, on average, about $28,635 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $29,966 per year.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.