Baton Rouge, LA (population: 221,091) has seven medicine and health schools within its city limits. Southern University and A & M College, the highest ranked school in the city with a medicine and health program, has a total student population of 7,619. It is the 3047th highest ranked school in the USA and the 50th highest in the state of Louisiana (#1 is Tulane University of Louisiana).
Medicine and Health students from Baton Rouge 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 Baton Rouge area alone, there are 6,460 employed registered nurses earning an average salary of $55,850. Medical and health services managers in this area earn $77,500/yr and there are 650 employed.
Baton Rouge lies in East Baton Rouge county, which is one of the 46 counties in Louisiana. Overall, the Baton Rouge area has 365,170 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.0% unemployment rate, $18.35/hr average worker wage, and a $38,170 average annual salary. Thus, about 1.790 out of every 1000 jobs in Baton Rouge are held by medical and health services managers, and 17.703/1000 are held by registered nurses.
Of the 7 medicine and health schools in Baton Rouge, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Delta College of Arts & Technology comes out as the most expensive ($28,020/yr) for medicine and health students, with Baton Rouge Community College as the lowest, reported at only $2,616/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Baton Rouge |
| Gonzales | LA | - | 1 | 8.00256 | 7 | 19.3 miles |
| Morgan City | LA | - | 1 | 15.3517 | 26 | 52.1 miles |
| Lafayette | LA | 113,767 | 12 | 25.8558 | 267 | 56.0 miles |
| Opelousas | LA | - | 2 | 17.3386 | 35 | 57.0 miles |
| Kenner | LA | 65,108 | 2 | 20.5639 | 23 | 61.5 miles |
| Houma | LA | - | 5 | 20.7454 | 52 | 64.0 miles |
| Metairie | LA | 141,919 | 3 | 14.0675 | 50 | 64.8 miles |
| Crowley | LA | - | 1 | 19.4916 | 21 | 76.1 miles |
| New Orleans | LA | 206,720 | 16 | 21.1636 | 643 | 76.4 miles |
| Slidell | LA | - | 1 | 22.9573 | 3 | 81.4 miles |
| Wesson | MS | - | 1 | 19.2783 | 98 | 96.8 miles |
| Poplarville | MS | - | 1 | 31.0652 | 38 | 98.7 miles |
| Alcorn State | MS | - | 1 | 24.4923 | 50 | 98.8 miles |