2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Information Technology Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 85 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are so many computer science programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Computer Science Degree Search has developed this Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Louisiana to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for IT students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for IT majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Information Technology

Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
West Virginia	758
North Carolina	181
Virginia	1,707
Georgia	944
Tennessee	37
Mississippi	49
Arkansas	55
Alabama	176
South Carolina	84
Florida	1,470
Kentucky	2,193

Information Technology Related Majors for IT

Information Technology is one of 10 different types of computer science programs to choose from.

IT Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security	22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator	5,501
Information Technology Management	4,009
Computer Support Specialist	3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager	2,077
Information Technology Project Management	2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster	887

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems	88,434
Computer Science	59,565
Information Science	18,325
Computer Systems Networking	14,700
Computer Software & Applications	14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.