Graduate Programs | Louisiana Tech University

Graduate Program Overview

Louisiana Tech University is a four-years, public school located in Ruston, Louisiana. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For academic year 2021-2022, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $7,959 for Louisiana residents and $12,690 for out-of-state students. It offers sixty-seven (67) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Louisiana Tech University
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	1310 West Railroad Avenue, Ruston, LA
Graduate School Students	1,113 students 549 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$7,959 Out-of-State$12,690
Student to Faculty	23:1 (4.35%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 67 Graduate Programs 31 Master's, 11 Doctorate, 25 Post graduate certificates

2022 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 graduate tuition & fees at Louisiana Tech University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Louisiana residents, the tuition & fees are $7,959 and $12,690 for non-Louisiana residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $442 for Louisiana residents and $705 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$5,416	$10,147
Fees	$2,543	$2,543
Cost per Credit	$442	$705
Books & Supplies	$900
Room & Board	$9,210 (On-Campus) / $9,573 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,870 (On-Campus) / $4,644 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$21,939	$26,670
Off-Campus Total	$23,076	$27,807

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
In-State	$9,603	$9,603	$9,603	$7,959	$7,959
Out-of-State	$16,344	$16,344	$16,344	$12,690	$12,690

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Louisiana Tech University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 67 major areas - 31 Master's (8 online programs), 11 Doctorate , 5 Post-Bachelor'(1 online programs), 20 Post-Master'(6 online programs). 384 students have been conferred Master's degree and 58 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	384	58	3	82
Men	172	30	1	37
Women	212	28	2	45

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Elementary Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Architecture

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Architecture	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	5^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	14		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$36,500	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	9	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	4	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	5	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	24^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Systems Engineering		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering Technology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management	45^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language and Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	5		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Physics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	11		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Visual and Performing Arts

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Fine/Studio Arts	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	17	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Dietetics/Dietitian	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	102^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

History

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	15^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Vision Impairments Including Blindness		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$41,100	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Computer Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Telecommunications Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Industrial Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

English Language and Literature

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Community Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Dietetics/Dietitian		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	24^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Engineering	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mathematics and Computer Science	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Counseling Psychology	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology			NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	^ONLINE		NOT OFFERED	^ONLINE
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Engineering

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Industrial Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Forensic Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Social Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Geography (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 11,126 students enrolled in Louisiana Tech University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 1,113 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 498 male and 615 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 716 full-time and 397 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers online degree programs and 549 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 185 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	1,113
Men Students	498
Women Students	615

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	1,113
Full-time Students	716
Part-time Students	397

By race/ethnicity 716 White, 130 Black, and 23 Asian students are attending at Louisiana Tech University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	1,113
American Indian / Native American	1
Asian	23
Black	130
Hispanic	40
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	1
White	716
Two or more races	27
Un-Known	23

39 students are younger than 22 and 186 students are older than 65. The school has 632 students aged between 22 and 30 and 255 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	1,113
21 & Under	39
22-24	357
25-29	275
30-34	167
35-39	88
40 & Over	186

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Louisiana Tech University, 549 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 185 students are enrolled in some online courses.