Which Louisiana business administration program has the lowest debt?

Tulane University of Louisiana reports the lowest median federal debt, $19,250, with first-year pay of $61,089.

How much do business administration graduates earn in Louisiana?

The median across 16 Louisiana business administration bachelor's programs is $38,498 in the first year after graduating and $50,155 five years after.

How many business administration bachelor's programs are in Louisiana?

16 Louisiana programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) Programs in Louisiana, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

16 programs report first-year pay
16 also report federal debt
Bachelor's in Business Administration, Management and Operations

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Louisiana business administration bachelor's program pays its graduates $38,498 in their first year, $6,899 less than the national median. Tulane University of Louisiana reports the highest first-year pay ($61,089), and Tulane University of Louisiana the lowest median debt ($19,250).

Median first-year pay$38,498National $45,396

Median pay after 5 years$50,155National $62,714

Median federal debt$26,217National $26,000

Debt-to-earnings69%National 55%

All 16 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans · private nonprofit	$61,089	$105,134	$19,250	32%
2	McNeese StateLake Charles · public	$44,262	$49,396	$25,466	58%
3	LSU ShreveportShreveport · public	$43,321	$52,559	$36,651	85%
4	Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston · public	$42,099	$52,803	$25,031	59%
5	Nicholls StateThibodaux · public	$41,860	$49,085	$26,000	62%
6	LSUBaton Rouge · public	$41,232	$69,796	$20,062	49%
7	Southern University at New OrleansNew Orleans · public	$40,173	$35,327	$38,319	95%
8	Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond · public	$38,696	$50,366	$24,250	63%
9	University of New OrleansNew Orleans · public	$38,299	$55,269	$26,433	69%
10	LSU AlexandriaAlexandria · public	$38,225	$40,966	$26,000	68%
11	Southern UniversityBaton Rouge · public	$37,911	$51,573	$31,000	82%
12	Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches · public	$37,020	$49,944	$28,750	78%
13	UL MonroeMonroe · public	$37,011	$50,920	$24,500	66%
14	UL LafayetteLafayette · public	$32,301	$49,147	$23,250	72%
15	Grambling StateGrambling · public	$23,418	$33,761	$38,828	166%
16	Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans · private nonprofit	$16,106	$43,552	$27,000	168%

2 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Louisiana business administration program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Louisiana medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 16 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Tulane University of Louisiana$19,250
LSU$20,062
UL Lafayette$23,250
Southeastern Louisiana University$24,250
UL Monroe$24,500

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

Careers this field leads to

These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

General and Operations Managers

$101,790

Median pay in Louisiana. 43,220 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $50,470Top 10%: $219,240

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$57,180

Median pay in Louisiana. 20,810 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $37,780Top 10%: $85,350

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

$43,860

Median pay in Louisiana. 16,910 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 113,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.

Bottom 10%: $27,720Top 10%: $71,290

Project Management Specialists

$84,850

Median pay in Louisiana. 8,050 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $56,400Top 10%: $143,780

Common questions

Tulane University of Louisiana in New Orleans reports the highest median first-year pay, $61,089. Its median federal debt is $19,250.

Business Administration (Bachelor's) programs in the US, ranked1,105 programs by pay and debt

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Louisiana rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the business administration bachelor's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024