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2023 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

13 Colleges
$81,655 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Louisiana. With 2,725 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

The colleges and universities below are the best for health professions majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans the best school in Louisiana for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Louisiana at Monroe. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Louisiana. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

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Out of the 13 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, FranU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 13 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University New Orleans landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree health professions programs. Located in the city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Southeastern Louisiana University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Louisiana Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

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Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #10 on this year’s Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,223
Florida 11,386
Virginia 6,980
Tennessee 5,227
North Carolina 5,768
Georgia 5,701
West Virginia 1,503
South Carolina 2,216
Kentucky 4,192
Arkansas 1,559
Alabama 4,979

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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