Best Colleges in Louisiana (2026)
105 colleges ranked by graduate earnings, acceptance rates, and outcomes — powered by federal data from the U.S. Department of Education.
105
Colleges
$36,131
Avg Earnings (10yr)
$16,963
Avg Net Price
72%
Avg Admit Rate
45%
Avg Grad Rate
State Overview
Louisiana is home to 105 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 $36,131 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
Top 10 Colleges in Louisiana by Graduate Earnings
Ranked by median earnings 10 years after enrollment. Public and private nonprofit only.
1
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
2
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
3
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Shreveport·Public
Admit
N/A
Net Price
N/A
Grad Rate
N/A
Earnings
$74,671
4
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans·Private Nonprofit
Admit
14%
Net Price
$39,949
Grad Rate
86%
Earnings
$63,268
5
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge·Public
Admit
73%
Net Price
$19,151
Grad Rate
69%
Earnings
$61,251
6
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge·Private Nonprofit
Admit
99%
Net Price
$18,552
Grad Rate
45%
Earnings
$59,419
7
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
8
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans·Private Nonprofit
Admit
93%
Net Price
$23,696
Grad Rate
59%
Earnings
$52,927
10
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 CollegeAlexandria, LA
$5,702/ yr avg net
#2 Most AffordablePublic
Louisiana State University-ShreveportShreveport, LA
$7,022/ yr avg net
38% grad rate
#3 Most AffordablePublic
Louisiana State University at AlexandriaAlexandria, LA
$7,065/ yr avg net
34% grad rate
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| School | City | Type | Admit Rate | Net Price | Grad Rate | Earnings (10yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Interactive Entertainment | Lafayette | Private Nonprofit | 43% | $32,888 | N/A | N/A |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $22,518 | N/A | $25,903 |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Covington | Covington | Private For-Profit | N/A | $25,742 | N/A | $30,334 |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $21,777 | N/A | $23,904 |
| Ayers Career College | Shreveport | Private For-Profit | N/A | $18,439 | N/A | $29,935 |
| Baton Rouge Community College | Baton Rouge | Public | N/A | $9,474 | N/A | $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 | N/A | $16,792 |
| Blalock's Professional Beauty College | Shreveport | Private For-Profit | N/A | $18,977 | N/A | N/A |
| Blue Cliff College-Alexandria | Alexandria | Private For-Profit | N/A | $16,253 | N/A | $22,177 |
| Blue Cliff College-Lafayette | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $17,773 | N/A | $22,177 |
| Blue Cliff College-Metairie | Metairie | Private For-Profit | N/A | $9,863 | N/A | $22,177 |
| Bos-Man's Barber College | Shreveport | Private For-Profit | 100% | $12,717 | N/A | N/A |
| Bossier Parish Community College | Bossier City | Public | N/A | $10,706 | N/A | $34,502 |
| Bridges Christian College | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $10,273 | 0% | 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 | 56% | $50,330 |
| Central Louisiana Technical Community College | Alexandria | Public | N/A | $5,702 | N/A | $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 | N/A | $18,603 |
| Cloyd's Beauty School 3 Inc | Monroe | Private For-Profit | N/A | $4,970 | N/A | $15,105 |
| Compass Career College | Hammond | Private For-Profit | N/A | $12,610 | N/A | $21,175 |
| Cosmetology Training Center | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $12,130 | N/A | $16,194 |
| Crescent City Bartending School | New Orleans | Private For-Profit | N/A | $19,311 | N/A | $22,407 |
| Delgado Community College | New Orleans | Public | N/A | $9,747 | N/A | $33,305 |
| Delta College Inc | Covington | Private For-Profit | N/A | $23,128 | N/A | $32,044 |
| Delta College of Arts & Technology | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $19,789 | N/A | $34,222 |
| Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $21,578 | N/A | $34,222 |
| Delta College South | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $21,331 | N/A | $30,894 |
| Delta College West | Lake Charles | Private For-Profit | N/A | $18,360 | N/A | N/A |
| Delta College-Slidell Campus | Slidell | Private For-Profit | N/A | $21,888 | N/A | $32,044 |
| Denham Springs Beauty School | Denham Springs | Private For-Profit | N/A | $11,649 | N/A | $18,298 |
| Diesel Driving Academy-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $14,183 | N/A | $43,011 |
| Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport | Shreveport | Private For-Profit | N/A | $13,587 | N/A | $38,740 |
| Digital Media Institute | Shreveport | Private Nonprofit | 26% | $30,205 | N/A | N/A |
| Dillard University | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | 42% | $22,094 | 43% | $39,196 |
| Fletcher Technical Community College | Schriever | Public | N/A | $10,527 | N/A | $32,189 |
| Fortis College-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $25,781 | N/A | $32,886 |
| Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University | Baton Rouge | Private Nonprofit | 99% | $18,552 | 45% | $59,419 |
| Grambling State University | Grambling | Public | 45% | $19,809 | 36% | $41,109 |
| Healthcare Training Institute | Kenner | Private For-Profit | N/A | $24,811 | N/A | N/A |
| Herzing University-New Orleans | Metairie | Private Nonprofit | 92% | $21,269 | 15% | $36,909 |
| Infinity College | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $230 | N/A | N/A |
| ITI Technical College | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $20,850 | N/A | $68,342 |
| J's Barber College | New Iberia | Private For-Profit | N/A | $17,137 | N/A | N/A |
| John Jay Beauty College | Kenner | Private For-Profit | N/A | $5,683 | N/A | $17,985 |
| LaSalle Tech | Houma | Private For-Profit | N/A | $13,559 | N/A | $20,975 |
| Louisiana Christian University | Pineville | Private Nonprofit | 77% | $13,113 | 44% | $51,700 |
| Louisiana Culinary Institute | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | 38% | $28,869 | N/A | $40,359 |
| Louisiana Delta Community College | Monroe | Public | N/A | $7,702 | N/A | $30,438 |
| Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | Baton Rouge | Public | 73% | $19,151 | 69% | $61,251 |
| Louisiana State University at Alexandria | Alexandria | Public | 92% | $7,065 | 34% | $42,205 |
| 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-Eunice | Eunice | Public | N/A | $10,421 | N/A | $36,498 |
| Louisiana State University-Shreveport | Shreveport | Public | 51% | $7,022 | 38% | $47,477 |
| Louisiana Tech University | Ruston | Public | 86% | $11,864 | 64% | $52,279 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | 93% | $23,696 | 59% | $52,927 |
| McNeese State University | Lake Charles | Public | 78% | $12,493 | 47% | $46,453 |
| My Le's Beauty College | Gretna | Private For-Profit | N/A | $13,880 | N/A | $18,946 |
| New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $10,829 | 74% | N/A |
| New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | 78% | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Nicholls State University | Thibodaux | Public | 91% | $12,947 | 54% | $45,454 |
| Northshore Technical Community College | Lacombe | Public | N/A | $10,773 | N/A | $29,734 |
| Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College | Minden | Public | N/A | $9,256 | N/A | $32,503 |
| Northwestern State University of Louisiana | Natchitoches | Public | 93% | $13,606 | 43% | $47,021 |
| Nunez Community College | Chalmette | Public | N/A | $12,529 | N/A | $35,343 |
| Omega Institute of Cosmetology | Houma | Private For-Profit | N/A | $8,706 | N/A | $14,923 |
| Opelousas School of Cosmetology | Opelousas | Private For-Profit | N/A | $13,081 | N/A | $26,459 |
| Park Place Premier Barber School | New Orleans | Private For-Profit | N/A | $14,532 | N/A | N/A |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $23,488 | N/A | $25,699 |
| Paul Mitchell the School-New Orleans | Metairie | Private For-Profit | N/A | $25,729 | N/A | $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 | N/A | $19,411 |
| Ray J's College of Hair | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $8,470 | N/A | N/A |
| Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus | Baton Rouge | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $23,003 | N/A | $31,349 |
| Remington College-Lafayette Campus | Lafayette | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $29,592 | N/A | $31,349 |
| Remington College-Shreveport Campus | Shreveport | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $30,758 | 33% | $31,349 |
| River Parishes Community College | Gonzales | Public | N/A | $10,756 | N/A | $37,848 |
| Saint Joseph Seminary College | St. Benedict | Private Nonprofit | N/A | $45,460 | 48% | $38,366 |
| South Louisiana Community College | Lafayette | Public | N/A | $12,564 | N/A | $31,432 |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | Hammond | Public | 99% | $13,154 | 45% | $46,482 |
| Southern University and A & M College | Baton Rouge | Public | 35% | $20,077 | 27% | $43,371 |
| Southern University at New Orleans | New Orleans | Public | 79% | $14,810 | 13% | $34,042 |
| Southern University at Shreveport | Shreveport | Public | N/A | $11,049 | N/A | $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 | N/A | $32,303 |
| Stage One-The Hair School | Lake Charles | Private For-Profit | N/A | $11,916 | N/A | $17,390 |
| 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 | 86% | $63,268 |
| Unitech Training Academy-Alexandria | Alexandria | Private For-Profit | N/A | $20,201 | N/A | $24,707 |
| Unitech Training Academy-Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge | Private For-Profit | N/A | $21,757 | N/A | $24,707 |
| Unitech Training Academy-Houma | Houma | Private For-Profit | N/A | $19,506 | N/A | $24,707 |
| Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette | Lafayette | Private For-Profit | N/A | $23,394 | N/A | $24,707 |
| Unitech Training Academy-New Orleans | New Orleans | Private For-Profit | N/A | $24,098 | N/A | $24,707 |
| Unitech Training Academy-West Monroe | West Monroe | Private For-Profit | N/A | $23,963 | N/A | $24,707 |
| University of Holy Cross | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | 74% | $15,635 | 49% | $49,316 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Lafayette | Public | 87% | $13,530 | 53% | $47,089 |
| University of Louisiana at Monroe | Monroe | Public | 85% | $13,466 | 54% | $46,769 |
| University of New Orleans | New Orleans | Public | 74% | $12,384 | 38% | $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 | N/A | N/A |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans | Private Nonprofit | 69% | $17,127 | 49% | $52,184 |
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