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Best Business Colleges in Louisiana

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 23 schools · Agent Insights
23
Schools Analyzed
$47,009
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
46%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$16,448
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 23 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 23
Avg. earnings at 10yr $47,009
Avg. graduation rate 46%
Avg. net price $16,448
Avg. median debt $23,913

How We Ranked

Business programs in Louisiana ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEUniversity ofLouisiana TechSoutheastern LouisianaNicholls StateMcNeese State

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

University of New Orleans40%Louisiana Tech University61%Southeastern Louisiana U…45%Nicholls State University54%McNeese State University49%Centenary College of Lou…58%University of Louisiana …52%Tulane University of Lou…88%University of Louisiana …52%Louisiana State Universi…35%Loyola University New Or…63%Xavier University of Lou…49%Louisiana State Universi…70%Dillard University44%Louisiana State Universi…35%Grambling State Universi…34%Southern University at N…16%Louisiana Christian Univ…42%Southern University and …28%Northwestern State Unive…44%

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Full Rankings

#1

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA · 4,638 students · Public

74% accepted 40% graduate $47,872 earnings
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#2

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, LA · 8,312 students · Public

86% accepted 61% graduate $52,279 earnings
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#3

Southeastern Louisiana University

Hammond, LA · 9,514 students · Public

99% accepted 45% graduate $46,482 earnings
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#4

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA · 4,737 students · Public

91% accepted 54% graduate $45,454 earnings
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#5

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA · 5,005 students · Public

78% accepted 49% graduate $46,453 earnings
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#6

Centenary College of Louisiana

Shreveport, LA · 685 students · Private nonprofit

56% accepted 58% graduate $50,330 earnings
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#7

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Lafayette, LA · 12,428 students · Public

87% accepted 52% graduate $47,089 earnings
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#8

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA · 7,767 students · Private nonprofit

14% accepted 88% graduate $63,268 earnings
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#9

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Monroe, LA · 5,022 students · Public

85% accepted 52% graduate $46,769 earnings
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#10

Louisiana State University-Shreveport

Shreveport, LA · 2,153 students · Public

51% accepted 35% graduate $47,477 earnings
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#11

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA · 2,812 students · Private nonprofit

93% accepted 63% graduate $52,927 earnings
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#12

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA · 2,628 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 49% graduate $52,184 earnings
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#13

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, LA · 30,594 students · Public

73% accepted 70% graduate $61,251 earnings
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#14

Dillard University

New Orleans, LA · 1,063 students · Private nonprofit

42% accepted 44% graduate $39,196 earnings
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#15

Louisiana State University-Alexandria

Alexandria, LA · 5,632 students · Public

92% accepted 35% graduate $42,205 earnings
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#16

Grambling State University

Grambling, LA · 4,164 students · Public

45% accepted 34% graduate $41,109 earnings
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#17

Southern University at New Orleans

New Orleans, LA · 1,055 students · Public

79% accepted 16% graduate $34,042 earnings
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#18

Louisiana Christian University

Pineville, LA · 672 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 42% graduate $51,700 earnings
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#19

Southern University and A & M College

Baton Rouge, LA · 5,519 students · Public

35% accepted 28% graduate $43,371 earnings
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#20

Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Natchitoches, LA · 5,519 students · Public

93% accepted 44% graduate $47,021 earnings
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#21

University of Holy Cross

New Orleans, LA · 471 students · Private nonprofit

74% accepted 42% graduate $49,316 earnings
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#22

Louisiana State University-Eunice

Eunice, LA · 2,826 students · Public

16% graduate $36,498 earnings
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#23

Herzing University-New Orleans

Metairie, LA · 346 students · Private nonprofit

92% accepted 30% graduate $36,909 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics.

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.