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2023 Most Popular Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

6 Schools Ranked
$29,167 Avg Student Debt

A teaching student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Louisiana to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

54 Total Awards
$9,614 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern State University of Louisiana the most popular school in Louisiana for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a fairly large public school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 54 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 89% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
19 Total Awards
$7,959 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana Tech University is a great place for teaching students working on their graduate certificate. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 19 students in 2020-2021.

Around 84% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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11 Total Awards
$9,777 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Louisiana at Monroe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Louisiana. ULM is a medium-sized public school situated in Monroe, Louisiana. It awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 74% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Total Awards
$8,413 Average Tuition & Fees
$30,034 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at McNeese State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Louisiana. McNeese is located in Lake Charles, Louisiana and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 graduate certificates to qualified students.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $30,034 in student loans. Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, Louisiana
2 Total Awards
$10,130 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, the fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 53% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#6

Grambling State University

Grambling, Louisiana
$7,416 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Grambling State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

Around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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