2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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Top Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisiana at Monroe the best school in Louisiana for nursing students working on their master’s degree.
One thing to take note of is that ULM does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Loyola University New Orleans helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Louisiana.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Loyola New Orleans does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UL Lafayette. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 53% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 8 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, McNeese State University landed the # 4 spot on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at McNeese. In fact, around 84% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern University and A & M College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Louisiana.
One thing to take note of is that Southern University and A & M College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 36% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Southeastern Louisiana University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Southeastern. In 2019-2020 about 38% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Nicholls State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree nursing programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Nicholls State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 68% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree nursing programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
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*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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