Northwestern State University of Louisiana

Online Degrees and Programs

Northwestern State University of Louisiana offers 85 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 53 major programs - 1 Associate, 16 Bachelors, 17 Masters, 2 Doctorate, and 17 Post-graduate Certificate. The 2022 tuition & fees are $8,672 for Louisiana residents and $19,460 for out-of-state students. Total 5,725 students out of total 11,447 students have enrolled online exclusively. Northwestern State University of Louisiana is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges.

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Online Program Overview

Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a Public, 4 or more years school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For the academic year 2021-2022, the tuition & fees are $8,672 for Louisiana residents and $19,460 for other students on average.

It offers 85 degree programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 53 programs - 1 Associates, 16 Bachelors, 17 Masters, 2 Doctorate, 17 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters Certificate.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
Online Degree Programs
School Name	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	175 Sam Sibley Drive, Natchitoches, LA
Online Students	5,725 Enrolled Online Exclusively 4,705 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Tuition & Fees (2021-2022)	In-State$8,672 Out-of-State$19,460
Student to Faculty	19:1 (5.26%)
Total	53 Programs
Associates	1 Programs
Bachelors	16 Programs
Masters	17 Programs
Doctorate	2 Programs
Post-Graduate	17 Programs

2022 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2021-2022 tuition & fees and costs trends last 5 years at Northwestern State University of Louisiana . Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Louisiana residents, the tuition & fees are $8,672 and $19,460 for non-Louisiana residents.

The costs per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $690 for Louisiana residents and $502 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $476 for Louisiana residents and $927 for out-of-state students.

Data source: 2021-2022 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: March 14, 2022)

Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Undergraduate (In-State)	$7,922	$7,922	$8,768	$8,672	$8,672
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$18,710	$18,710	$19,556	$19,460	$19,460
Graduate (In-State)	$8,487	$8,909	$9,686	$9,614	$9,614
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$19,275	$19,697	$20,474	$20,402	$20,402

Tuition Changes (2018-2022)
	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022
Undergraduate (In-State)	$216	$216	$416	$412	$690
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$216	$216	$416	$412	$502
Graduate (In-State)	$319	$319	$480	$476	$476
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$444	$444	$931	$927	$927

Tuition & Fees Trends last 5 years

Online Programs By Area of Study

Northwestern State University of Louisiana offers 85 degree programs through Associates, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 53 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 1 Associates, 16 Bachelors, 17 Masters, 2 Doctorate, 17 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters. The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	NOT OFFERED	1	16	17	2	17
Overall Programs	NOT OFFERED	4	35	21	2	23

The next tables list each online program with offered degrees. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program. It includes the completers through on-campus classes and hybrid on/offline classes as well as completely online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all online schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Computer And Information Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24	NOT OFFERED	8
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	12
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	13	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	1
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	15	NOT OFFERED	4
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Computer Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Education (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Development and Family Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	41	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language And Literature

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	26	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	180	126	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	63	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1

Human Services

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	53	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual And Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Art/Art Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	46	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	258	75	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	51	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

History

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At Northwestern State University of Louisiana, there are 11,447 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 10,430 students were attending classes through distance learning (5,725 students are enrolled exclusively and 4,705 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	11,447
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	5,725
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	4,705
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,017

By student location, out of a total of 5,725 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 5,279 Louisiana Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 436 students living in the U.S. States other than Louisiana, and 10 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.