2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Louisiana to see which programs offered the best value experiences for teaching students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Southeastern Louisiana University the best value school in Louisiana for teaching students working on their degree. Southeastern is a fairly large public school situated in Hammond, Louisiana. It awarded 212 degrees in 2020-2021.
Southeastern undergraduate students pay an average of $20,767 in tuition and fees each year. On average, students take out $24,381 in loans while pursuing their degree. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $83, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, Southeastern graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $38,273 during the early year of their career.
Southeastern also made our Best Teaching Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana list. This medium-sized public school is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and it awarded 84 degrees in 2020-2021.
McNeese undergraduate students pay an average of $16,418 in tuition and fees each year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $24,750 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. During the early years of their career, McNeese graduates make an average of $40,312 annually.
McNeese also made our Best Teaching Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #5.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Ruston, Louisiana. It awarded 147 degrees in 2020-2021.
Louisiana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $16,806 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $24,268 in student loans. For those students on a 10-year repayment plan, the average payment due each month is around $188.After graduating from Louisiana Tech, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $45,053 during the early years of their career.
Louisiana Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Teaching Schools in Louisiana rankings.
The excellent programs at Nicholls State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Louisiana. Nicholls State University is located in Thibodaux, Louisiana and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 264 degrees to qualified students.
Nicholls State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,039 in tuition and fees each year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $25,405 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Those who take out this much in loans have to make a monthly payment of about $166 if they are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, Nicholls State University graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $40,297 during the early year of their career.
The excellent programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teaching schools in Louisiana. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 352 degrees in 2020-2021.
UL Lafayette undergraduate students pay an average of $24,074 in tuition and fees each year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $23,691 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $140, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan.After graduating from UL Lafayette, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $41,411 during the early years of their career.
UL Lafayette did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Teaching Schools in Louisiana list.
Louisiana College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Pineville, Louisiana. It awarded 63 degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Louisiana College are $17,950 per year. On average, students take out $36,024 in loans while pursuing their degree. During the early years of their career, Louisiana College graduates make an average of $48,061 annually.
University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value teaching programs. Located in Monroe, Louisiana, the medium-sized public school awarded 227 diplomas to qualifed students in 2020-2021.
ULM undergraduate students pay an average of $21,158 in tuition and fees each year. On average, students take out $22,674 in loans while pursuing their degree. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $77, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, ULM graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $43,072 during the early year of their career.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana ranking. Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 645 degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Louisiana State University are $28,635 a year. On average, students take out $21,572 in loans while pursuing their degree. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $248, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, Louisiana State University graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $43,255 during the early year of their career.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #1 for overall quality in Louisiana.
University of New Orleans did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, the medium-sized public school handed out 86 degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNO are $13,908 per year. Degree recipients from the school accumulate an average of $23,068 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.After graduating from UNO, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $38,004 during the early years of their career.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana list. NSU is a fairly large public school situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It awarded 234 degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at NSU are $19,460 a year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $29,434 in student loans. For those students on a 10-year repayment plan, the average payment due each month is around $104. During the early years of their career, NSU graduates make an average of $38,919 annually.
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University of Holy Cross came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana ranking. New Orleans, Louisiana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 51 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UHC are $16,000 a year. On average, students take out $37,857 in loans while pursuing their degree. During the early years of their career, UHC graduates make an average of $48,277 annually.
Grambling State University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana list. Grambling, Louisiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 54 students in 2020-2021.
GSU undergraduate students pay an average of $16,706 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $38,635 in student loans. Those who take out this much in loans have to make a monthly payment of about $248 if they are on a 10-year repayment plan. During the early years of their career, GSU graduates make an average of $29,089 annually.
Xavier University of Louisiana came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Schools in Louisiana ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualifed students in 2020-2021.
XULA undergraduate students pay an average of $26,398 in tuition and fees each year. Those who take out this much in loans have to make a monthly payment of about $460 if they are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, XULA graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $41,059 during the early year of their career.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 13 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.
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