Health Professions at Southeastern Louisiana University

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Southeastern Louisiana University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Southeastern is located in Hammond, Louisiana and approximately 14,426 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 243 health professions majors received their bachelor's degree from Southeastern.

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

Southeastern Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at Southeastern

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.

Southeastern does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Southeastern Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how Southeastern performed in these rankings.

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 professions major at Southeastern is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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
	353
Best Value Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	501
Most Popular Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	563
Most Focused Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	729
Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	828
Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	850
Most Popular Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	1,455
Best Value Health Professions Schools	1,552
	1,946

In 2021, 63 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Southeastern. This makes it the #494 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #576 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Southeastern

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Southeastern Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

Of the 243 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Health Professions from Southeastern in 2020-2021, 12% were men and 88% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health professions at Southeastern 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 Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	174
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

Southeastern Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students graduated with a master's degree in health professions from Southeastern. About 3% were men and 97% were women.

Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Southeastern, 90% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Southeastern also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southeastern Louisiana University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing	203
Communication Sciences	50
Public Health	50
Allied Health Professions	12
Health Sciences & Services	1
Other Health Professions	1

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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 Southeastern Louisiana University.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Registered Nurses	43,110	$63,970
Personal Care Aides	34,590	$19,300
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	21,080	$49,360
Nursing Assistants	20,690	$22,750
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	19,450	$39,480

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 Richard David Ramsey under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.