2024 Best Physician Assistant Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana

If you pursue a master's degree in physician assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #17 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for physician assistant students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 91 master's degrees in physician assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Physician Assistant School for Your Master's Degree

The physician assistant master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality physician assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to physician assistant students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other physician assistant students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized physician assistant related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for physician assistant students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Physician Assistant Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Physician Assistant Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Physician Assistant in Louisiana

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in physician assistant.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Physician Assistant

1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in physician assistant needs to look into Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

2

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Baton Rouge, LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a master's degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, FranU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

3

Xavier University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in physician assistant needs to look into Xavier University of Louisiana. Located in the city of New Orleans, XULA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Xavier University of Louisiana

4

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport
Shreveport, LA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in physician assistant. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public university located in the midsize city of Shreveport.More information about a master’s in physician assistant from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport

 

Best Physician Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Physician Assistant Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	668
Georgia	370	233
North Carolina	334	515
Virginia	331	327
Tennessee	313	388
Kentucky	268	121
South Carolina	260	175
Alabama	258	120
Mississippi	243	31
Arkansas	187	74
West Virginia	164	81

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Rankings in Majors Related to Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant is one of 23 different types of Allied Health Professions programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Physician Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Radiologic Technology	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.