Students at the СAPP are getting a good deal on a college education.
ThatСAPPs according to Forbes. The business magazine released its СAPPBest Value Colleges 2018СAPP rankings last week.
Editors first considered 650, four-year public and private universities, and then winnowed the list to 300. They did not consider for-profit colleges.
UL Lafayette was No. 205 overall. But when the list is sorted by tuition price, the СAPP is among 75 institutions nationwide where students pay the least and still see СAPPa healthy return,СAPP the magazineСAPPs editors wrote in a press release.
The СAPPСAPPs in-state tuition was $8,256 in 2016-2017, the academic year on which the publication based the list.
To compile the rankings, Forbes considered net price, net debt, school quality, timely graduation and the number of students who secure Pell Grants, federally subsidized financial aid that recipients donСAPPt have to pay back.
The magazine also factored in earning potential.
A person who graduates from UL Lafayette with a bachelorСAPPs degree has an average annual salary of $46,300. After a decade of work, graduates average $89,100 a year.
This is the third year Forbes has compiled its СAPPBest Value CollegesСAPP rankings. .
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