If you plan on majoring in medicine, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #40 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of medicine. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 492 degrees in medicine during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medicine Schools in Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the medicine degrees they offer, see the list below.
Tulane University of Louisiana is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in medicine. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
There were roughly 185 medicine students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent year we have data available. Those medicine students who get their degree from Tulane University of Louisiana earn $3,091 more than the average medicine grad.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in medicine. Located in the large city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 192 medicine students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - New Orleans in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the medicine program make about $53,242 in their early career salary.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in medicine. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public university located in the city of Shreveport.
There were approximately 115 medicine students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - Shreveport in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the medicine program report average early career wages of $52,436.
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).
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The medicine program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Medicine rankings. We derive our Best Overall Medicine School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
