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Medicine and Health Schools in Louisiana

Louisiana contains 93 schools that offer medicine and health programs. Tulane University of Louisiana, the highest-ranking medicine and health school in LA, has a total student population of 11,464 and is the 60th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 93 medicine and health schools in Louisiana, only 5 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Unitech Training Academy-West Monroe Campus comes out as the most expensive ($32,376/yr), with Louisiana Technical College-Florida Parishes as the lowest recorded at only $1,387/yr.

Medicine and Health students from Louisiana schools who go on to become medicine and health professionals, office administrators, massage therapists, trainers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 271,710 people working as medical and health services managers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $90,970. Also, Registered nurses make on average $66,530 per year and there are about 2,583,770 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Louisiana alone, there are 39,560 employed registered nurses earning an average yearly salary of $60,290. Medical and health services managers in this state earn $75,100/yr and there are 3,650 employed.

Also, within the medicine and health schools in Louisiana, the average student population is 1,613 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1. Aside from medicine and health, there are 3263 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,905 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $1,789, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Louisiana Interesting Facts

"The world famous "Mardi Gras" is celebrated in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is an ancient custom that originated in southern Europe. It celebrates food and fun just before the 40 days of Lent: a Catholic time of prayer and sacrifice."
The Battle of New Orleans, which made Andrew Jackson a national hero, was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 had ended and more than a month before the news of the war's end had reached Louisiana.
Louisiana was named in honor of King Louis XIV.
Baton Rouge hosted the 1983 Special Olympics International Summer Games at LSU.
Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the United States; the building is 450 feet tall with 34 floors.

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