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Best Colleges in Louisiana (2026)

118 colleges ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.

118

Colleges

$35,774

Avg Earnings (10yr)

$16,857

Avg Net Price

72%

Avg Admit Rate

54%

Avg Grad Rate

State Overview

Louisiana is home to 118 colleges and universities, ranging from research universities to community colleges. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans leads the state in graduate earnings, with state alumni earning $35,774 on average ten years after enrollment. Whether you're looking for a flagship research university, a liberal arts college, or a career-focused program, Louisiana offers diverse options across all price points.

Quick Facts — Louisiana Colleges

Highest Earning

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

$78,495median earnings

Most Selective

Tulane University of Louisiana

14%acceptance rate

Best Grad Rate

Academy of Interactive Entertainment

100%6-yr grad rate

Most Affordable

Central Louisiana Technical Community College

$5,702avg net price

Top 10 Colleges in Louisiana by Graduate Earnings

Ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment. Public and private nonprofit only.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

New Orleans·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$78,495

Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology

Baton Rouge·Private Nonprofit

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$75,071

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport

Shreveport·Public

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$74,671

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans·Private Nonprofit

Admit

14%

Net Price

$39,949

Grad Rate

88%

Earnings

$63,268

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge·Public

Admit

73%

Net Price

$19,151

Grad Rate

70%

Earnings

$61,251

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

Baton Rouge·Private Nonprofit

Admit

99%

Net Price

$18,552

Grad Rate

49%

Earnings

$59,419

The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans·Private Nonprofit

Admit

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Grad Rate

N/A

Earnings

$56,899

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans·Private Nonprofit

Admit

93%

Net Price

$23,696

Grad Rate

63%

Earnings

$52,927

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston·Public

Admit

86%

Net Price

$11,864

Grad Rate

61%

Earnings

$52,279

Xavier University of Louisiana

New Orleans·Private Nonprofit

Admit

69%

Net Price

$17,127

Grad Rate

49%

Earnings

$52,184

Most Affordable Colleges in Louisiana

Lowest average net price after grants and scholarships. Public and private nonprofit only.

#1 Most AffordablePublic

Central Louisiana Technical Community College

Alexandria, LA

$5,702/ yr avg net

72% grad rate

#2 Most AffordablePublic

Louisiana State University-Shreveport

Shreveport, LA

$7,022/ yr avg net

35% grad rate

#3 Most AffordablePublic

Louisiana State University-Alexandria

Alexandria, LA

$7,065/ yr avg net

35% grad rate

#4 Most AffordablePublic

SOWELA Technical Community College

Lake Charles, LA

$7,525/ yr avg net

43% grad rate

#5 Most AffordablePublic

Louisiana Delta Community College

Monroe, LA

$7,702/ yr avg net

29% grad rate

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All Colleges in Louisiana

All 118 accredited institutions. Click column headers to sort.

School	City	Type	Admit Rate	Net Price	Grad Rate	Earnings (10yr)
Academy of Interactive Entertainment	Lafayette	Private Nonprofit	43%	$32,888	100%	N/A
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$22,518	67%	$25,903
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington	Covington	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,742	77%	$30,334
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,777	84%	$23,904
Avery James College	Lake Charles	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,360	39%	N/A
Ayers Career College	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,439	68%	$29,935
Baton Rouge Community College	Baton Rouge	Public	N/A	$9,474	29%	$34,581
Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology	Baton Rouge	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$75,071
Belbo Beauty Institute	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,901	58%	$16,792
Blalock's Professional Beauty College	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,977	69%	N/A
Blue Cliff College	Metairie	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$22,177
Blue Cliff College-Alexandria	Alexandria	Private For-Profit	N/A	$16,253	33%	$22,177
Blue Cliff College-Lafayette	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$17,773	39%	$22,177
Blue Cliff College-Metairie	Metairie	Private For-Profit	N/A	$9,863	48%	$22,177
Bos-Man's Barber College	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	100%	$12,717	57%	N/A
Bossier Parish Community College	Bossier City	Public	N/A	$10,706	14%	$34,502
Bridges Christian College	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$10,273	N/A	N/A
Celebrity Barber School	Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,503	N/A	$22,002
Celebrity Stylist Beauty School	Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,793	N/A	$22,002
Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport	Private Nonprofit	56%	$23,624	58%	$50,330
Central Louisiana Technical Community College	Alexandria	Public	N/A	$5,702	72%	$29,558
Chamberlain University-Louisiana	Jefferson	Private For-Profit	100%	$30,791	N/A	$92,405
Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc	Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$3,224	N/A	$23,220
Cloyd's Beauty School 1 Inc	West Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$4,430	56%	$18,603
Cloyd's Beauty School 3 Inc	Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$4,970	59%	$15,105
Compass Career College	Hammond	Private For-Profit	N/A	$12,610	51%	$21,175
Cosmetology Training Center	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$12,130	79%	$16,194
Crescent City Bartending School	New Orleans	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,311	84%	$22,407
Delgado Community College	New Orleans	Public	N/A	$9,747	23%	$33,305
Delta College Inc	Covington	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,128	70%	$32,044
Delta College of Arts & Technology	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,789	56%	$34,222
Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,578	59%	$34,222
Delta College-Slidell Campus	Slidell	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,888	58%	$32,044
Denham Springs Beauty School	Denham Springs	Private For-Profit	N/A	$11,649	61%	$18,298
Diesel Driving Academy-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,183	74%	$43,011
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,587	76%	$38,740
Digital Media Institute	Shreveport	Private Nonprofit	26%	$30,205	75%	N/A
Dillard University	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	42%	$22,094	44%	$39,196
Fletcher Technical Community College	Schriever	Public	N/A	$10,527	27%	$32,189
Fortis College-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,781	48%	$32,886
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University	Baton Rouge	Private Nonprofit	99%	$18,552	49%	$59,419
Grambling State University	Grambling	Public	45%	$19,809	34%	$41,109
Healthcare Training Institute	Kenner	Private For-Profit	N/A	$24,811	59%	N/A
Herzing University-New Orleans	Metairie	Private Nonprofit	92%	$21,269	30%	$36,909
Infinity College	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$230	87%	N/A
ITI Technical College	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,850	57%	$68,342
J's Barber College	New Iberia	Private For-Profit	N/A	$17,137	64%	N/A
John Jay Beauty College	Kenner	Private For-Profit	N/A	$5,683	63%	$17,985
LaSalle Tech	Houma	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,559	83%	$20,975
Louisiana Academy of Beauty	Eunice	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	82%	$16,539
Louisiana Christian University	Pineville	Private Nonprofit	77%	$13,113	42%	$51,700
Louisiana Culinary Institute	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	38%	$28,869	81%	$40,359
Louisiana Delta Community College	Monroe	Public	N/A	$7,702	29%	$30,438
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	Baton Rouge	Public	73%	$19,151	70%	$61,251
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans	New Orleans	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$78,495
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	Shreveport	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$74,671
Louisiana State University-Alexandria	Alexandria	Public	92%	$7,065	35%	$42,205
Louisiana State University-Eunice	Eunice	Public	N/A	$10,421	16%	$36,498
Louisiana State University-Shreveport	Shreveport	Public	51%	$7,022	35%	$47,477
Louisiana Tech University	Ruston	Public	86%	$11,864	61%	$52,279
Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	93%	$23,696	63%	$52,927
McNeese State University	Lake Charles	Public	78%	$12,493	49%	$46,453
Medical Training College	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,331	58%	$30,894
Miller-Motte College-McCann-Monroe	Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,773	35%	$31,102
Moore Career College	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$18,098	30%	$26,068
My Le's Beauty College	Gretna	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,880	84%	$18,946
NationsUniversity	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$10,829	51%	N/A
New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	78%	N/A	75%	N/A
Nicholls State University	Thibodaux	Public	91%	$12,947	54%	$45,454
Northshore Technical Community College	Lacombe	Public	N/A	$10,773	38%	$29,734
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College	Minden	Public	N/A	$9,256	75%	$32,503
Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Natchitoches	Public	93%	$13,606	44%	$47,021
Nunez Community College	Chalmette	Public	N/A	$12,529	23%	$35,343
Omega Institute of Cosmetology	Houma	Private For-Profit	N/A	$8,706	94%	$14,923
Opelousas School of Cosmetology	Opelousas	Private For-Profit	N/A	$13,081	18%	$26,459
Park Place Premier Barber School	New Orleans	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,532	41%	N/A
Pat Goins Beauty Schools formerly Paul Mitchell the School-Shreveport	Shreveport	Private For-Profit	N/A	$14,808	59%	$20,239
Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,488	75%	$25,699
Paul Mitchell the School-New Orleans	Metairie	Private For-Profit	N/A	$25,729	72%	$25,699
Petra College	Hammond	Private For-Profit	100%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Pineville Beauty School	Pineville	Private For-Profit	N/A	$9,312	59%	$19,411
Ray J's College of Hair	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$8,470	80%	N/A
Relay Graduate School of Education - Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Relay Graduate School of Education - New Orleans	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus	Baton Rouge	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$23,003	34%	$31,349
Remington College-Lafayette Campus	Lafayette	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$29,592	39%	$31,349
Remington College-Shreveport Campus	Shreveport	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$30,758	30%	$31,349
River Parishes Community College	Gonzales	Public	N/A	$10,756	30%	$37,848
Saint Joseph Seminary College	St. Benedict	Private Nonprofit	N/A	$45,460	45%	$38,366
South Louisiana Community College	Lafayette	Public	N/A	$12,564	30%	$31,432
Southeastern Louisiana University	Hammond	Public	99%	$13,154	45%	$46,482
Southeastern Louisiana University - Albert Cammon Middle School	St. Rose	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,482
Southeastern Louisiana University - Destrahan High School	Destrehan	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,482
Southeastern Louisiana University - EBR Parish School System Prof Dev	Baton Rouge	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,482
Southeastern Louisiana University - St Amant High School	St Amant	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$46,482
Southern University and A & M College	Baton Rouge	Public	35%	$20,077	28%	$43,371
Southern University at New Orleans	New Orleans	Public	79%	$14,810	16%	$34,042
Southern University at Shreveport	Shreveport	Public	N/A	$11,049	9%	$33,099
Southern University Law Center	Baton Rouge	Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$43,371
SOWELA Technical Community College	Lake Charles	Public	N/A	$7,525	43%	$32,303
Stage One-The Hair School	Lake Charles	Private For-Profit	N/A	$11,916	77%	$17,390
Stevensons Academy of Hair Design	New Orleans	Private For-Profit	N/A	$3,440	N/A	$23,853
The Chicago School at Xavier University of Louisiana	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	N/A	N/A	N/A	$56,899
Tulane University of Louisiana	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	14%	$39,949	88%	$63,268
Unitech Training Academy-Alexandria	Alexandria	Private For-Profit	N/A	$20,201	61%	$24,707
Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge	Baton Rouge	Private For-Profit	N/A	$21,757	53%	$24,707
Unitech Training Academy-Houma	Houma	Private For-Profit	N/A	$19,506	65%	$24,707
Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette	Lafayette	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,394	59%	$24,707
Unitech Training Academy-New Orleans	New Orleans	Private For-Profit	N/A	$24,098	48%	$24,707
Unitech Training Academy-West Monroe	West Monroe	Private For-Profit	N/A	$23,963	65%	$24,707
University of Holy Cross	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	74%	$15,635	42%	$49,316
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Lafayette	Public	87%	$13,530	52%	$47,089
University of Louisiana at Monroe	Monroe	Public	85%	$13,466	52%	$46,769
University of New Orleans	New Orleans	Public	74%	$12,384	40%	$47,872
VH Barber & Styling Academy	Bossier City	Private For-Profit	N/A	$35,077	N/A	N/A
Williams Technical College	Houma	Private For-Profit	N/A	N/A	85%	N/A
Xavier University of Louisiana	New Orleans	Private Nonprofit	69%	$17,127	49%	$52,184

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