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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$16,275 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$70,048 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana

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

Top 10 Best Health Professions Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Louisiana Tech University the best value school in Louisiana for health professions students working on their master’s degree. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

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

Louisiana Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.

Full Health Professions at Louisiana Tech University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport is a great value for health professions students working on their master’s degree. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at LSU Health - Shreveport are $15,360 per year.

Full Health Professions at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport Report

Out of the 15 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Monroe landed the # 3 spot on the list. ULM is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Monroe.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ULM are $9,777 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public school with a small student population.

LSU Health - New Orleans graduate students pay an average of $13,089 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Health Professions at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Louisiana State University - Shreveport helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Louisiana. Louisiana State University - Shreveport is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Shreveport.

Louisiana State University - Shreveport graduate students pay an average of $7,349 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Louisiana State University - Shreveport did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Southeastern Louisiana University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public college with a large student population.

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

Read full report on Health Professions at Southeastern Louisiana University

University of Louisiana at Lafayette came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UL Lafayette are $10,130 per year.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana State University are $13,031 a 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 #2 for overall quality for health professions in Louisiana.

Full Health Professions at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Report

Southern University and A & M College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Southern University and A & M College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize 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.

Full Health Professions at Southern University and A & M College Report

Northwestern State University of Louisiana landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health professions programs. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NSU are $9,614 a year.

Full Health Professions at Northwestern State University of Louisiana Report

Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools 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 15 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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