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2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$17,096 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 7,992 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Louisiana to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisiana at Monroe the best value school in Louisiana for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. ULM is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ULM are $9,777 a year.

ULM also took the #1 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ruston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $7,959 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southeastern Louisiana University is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public school with a large student population.

Southeastern graduate students pay an average of $8,768 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Southeastern is ranked #3 for overall quality for health professions in Louisiana.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Louisiana. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UL Lafayette are $10,130 a year.

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Out of the 13 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at LSU Health - New Orleans are $13,089 a year.

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Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value 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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NSU are $9,614 per year.

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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public school located in the city of Shreveport.

LSU Health - Shreveport graduate students pay an average of $15,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Southern University and A & M College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Southern University and A & M College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

Southern University and A & M College graduate students pay an average of $10,658 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

Louisiana State University graduate students pay an average of $13,031 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Louisiana State University is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in Louisiana.

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#10

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Loyola University New Orleans 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Loyola New Orleans graduate students pay an average of $18,889 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Loyola New Orleans not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,617
West Virginia 5,590
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Arkansas 6,286
Mississippi 6,374
South Carolina 7,283
Tennessee 13,576
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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