2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisiana at Lafayette the best value school in Louisiana for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, the fairly large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UL Lafayette are $23,858 per year.
One thing to take note of is that UL Lafayette does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 53% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
UL Lafayette also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.
Out of the 5 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s value ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Southeastern is a public institution located in Hammond, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southeastern are $21,246 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Southeastern. During the 2019-2020 year, about 38% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southeastern also made our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #3.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Louisiana. This fairly large public school is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and it awarded 12 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NSU are $20,402 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at NSU. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NSU is ranked #4 for overall quality in Louisiana.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern University and A & M College is a great place for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Southern University and A & M College is a medium-sized public school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern University and A & M College are $17,104 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at Southern University and A & M College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 36% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southern University and A & M College is ranked #5 for overall quality in Louisiana.
Out of the 5 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s value ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the # 5 spot on the list. Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola New Orleans are $18,889 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Loyola New Orleans. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Loyola New Orleans is ranked #2 for overall quality in Louisiana.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 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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