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Best Nursing Colleges in Louisiana
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This ranking scores 19 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.
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Top 3
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA
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Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA
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McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
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University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA · 5,022 students · Public
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, LA · 4,737 students · Public
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA · 5,005 students · Public
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA · 8,312 students · Public
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA · 9,514 students · Public
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Lafayette, LA · 12,428 students · Public
Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · 2,628 students · Private nonprofit
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, LA · 821 students · Private nonprofit
Louisiana State University-Alexandria
Alexandria, LA · 5,632 students · Public
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA · 5,519 students · Public
Dillard University
New Orleans, LA · 1,063 students · Private nonprofit
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA · 2,812 students · Private nonprofit
Louisiana Christian University
Pineville, LA · 672 students · Private nonprofit
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA · 7,767 students · Private nonprofit
Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA · 5,519 students · Public
Louisiana State University-Eunice
Eunice, LA · 2,826 students · Public
University of Holy Cross
New Orleans, LA · 471 students · Private nonprofit
Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA · 1,055 students · Public
Herzing University-New Orleans
Metairie, LA · 346 students · Private nonprofit
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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.
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