Health Sciences & Services at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study health sciences and services, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 health science majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Sciences & Services section at the bottom of this page.

NSU Health Sciences & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NSU offers distance education options for health science at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NSU Health Sciences & Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health science progam at NSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health science major at NSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Sciences & Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	57
Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools	230
Most Focused Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234

Earnings of NSU Health Science Graduates

The median salary of health science students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSU is $57,708. This is 84% higher than $31,369, which is the national average for all health science bachelor's degree recipients.

Health Science Student Demographics at NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health science majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in health science from NSU in 2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health science at NSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in health science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NSU also has a doctoral program available in health science. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing

Careers That Health Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in health science can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Community Health Workers	480	$39,840

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.