Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Overview

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport is a public institution situated in Shreveport, Louisiana. Shreveport is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Known For?

• LSU Health - Shreveport has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 3 to 1.
• The 3% student loan default rate at LSU Health - Shreveport is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at LSU Health - Shreveport.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 91% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, LSU Health - Shreveport bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $96,700 a year. That's about 137% more than their peers at other schools.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at LSU Health - Shreveport.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#19	Best Rehabilitation Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#78	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards LSU Health - Shreveport has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#58	Best Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science Schools	College Factual
#65	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#138	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#182	Highest Paid Allied Health Professions Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport?

Contact details for LSU Health - Shreveport are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
Phone:	318-675-8769
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/LSUHealth
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/lsuhs

Can I Afford Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport?

The student loan default rate at LSU Health - Shreveport is 3.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 29 undergraduate students at LSU Health - Shreveport, with 22 being full-time and 7 being part-time.

There are also 953 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22 full-time undergraduates at LSU Health - Shreveport, 18% are male and 82% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Online Learning at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

In 2019-2020, 129 students took at least one online class at the school.

This school is the 35th most popular in Louisiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Medicine	0	0	124	124
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	26	36	62
Allied Health Professions	2	35	0	37
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	13	0	0	13
Communication Sciences	0	9	0	9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	2	2
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	2	2
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	2	2
General Biology	0	1	0	1
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	1	1
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	15	71	167	253

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.