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Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana Public 4-year Large city

Overview

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans is a public four-year institution based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its campus is in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,750, made up of 862 undergraduates and 1,888 graduate students. It holds the Carnegie R2 designation for high research activity. It is part of Louisiana State University System.

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 37 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Registered Nursing, Medicine, and Dentistry. It awarded 867 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The student-to-faculty ratio is 3 to 1.

Key figures

2,750
Students enrolled
867
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
37
Programs and majors
3:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 37

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 23
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 13
Education 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

Student-to-faculty ratio
3:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
307
Associate degrees
5
Master's degrees
155
Doctoral degrees (research)
18
Professional doctorates
382

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,750
Undergraduates, fall 2024
862
Graduate students, fall 2024
1,888
Full-time, fall 2024
95%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
3,143
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,049
Graduate students, 2024-25
2,094
Full-time, 2024-25
94%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
73%
Men
27%
White
62%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Black or African American
14%
Asian
11%
Two or more races
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
1%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
Louisiana State University System
Carnegie classification
Special Focus Four-Year: Medical Schools & Centers
Research designation
Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production
Chancellor
Steve Nelson, M.D.
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Academic and career counseling, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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