Program Payoff

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, Louisiana. 5 certificate and associate programs, public. 5 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Louisiana.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $16,705 $24,035 (11) $78,810
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $101,790
General and Operations Managers
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General Associate's degree not published $58,960
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $91,170
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Legal Support Services Associate's degree not published $60,250
Paralegals and Legal Assistants

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.