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Best Business Programs Near New Orleans for 2027

10 business schools near New Orleans, from the metro and just beyond it, plus where they place in our statewide rankings for 2 fields. Every list is scored on graduation rate, cost, selectivity, and graduate earnings from federal IPEDS, College Scorecard, and BLS data.

Metro ranking
1
Programs analyzed
51
Schools ranked
10
Fields covered
2
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Business Programs in New Orleans, in Brief

New Orleans has too few business schools with a complete record for a list of its own, so the New Orleans ranking compares 10 schools: two in the metro and the nearest beyond it, one row per school. Public universities hold five of the top ten spots.

Beyond the two metro lists, 2 New Orleans-area schools appear in our statewide rankings for two fields, marketing the deepest with 2 ranked programs.

Rankings Near New Orleans

Rankings by Field Near New Orleans

Statewide ranks, New Orleans-area schools only.

Schools in the Most New Orleans Rankings

By number of lists, then best rank.

  1. Tulane University of Louisiana In 3 rankings · #1 in Business schools
  2. Loyola University New Orleans In 2 rankings · #8 in Business schools
  3. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College #2 in Business schools
  4. William Carey University #3 in Business schools
  5. Belhaven University #4 in Business schools

Other Fields, Ranked Nationally

Business Programs in New Orleans: Your Questions, Answered

What is the best business school in New Orleans?

Tulane University of Louisiana ranks #1 on our New Orleans business-school ranking with a 95.8 Program Score, ahead of Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College at 90.9. Scores weigh graduation rate, cost, selectivity and graduate earnings.

How many business schools are in the New Orleans area?

51 accredited business programs in the New Orleans metro, as the Census Bureau defines it, report to federal data, and two of its schools have the complete record we rank on, so the New Orleans list adds the nearest schools outside the metro to make 10.

Which New Orleans business school costs the least?

Louisiana State University-Alexandria has the lowest in-state undergraduate tuition on the New Orleans list, $4,950 a year before aid, and ranks #10.

Can you study business online in New Orleans?

Yes. Five of the ten ranked New Orleans-area and nearby schools offer the program online, including Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, William Carey University, and Belhaven University.

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