by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Medicine. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Medicine is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in medicine, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at LSU Health - New Orleans paid an average of $1,135 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $573 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,835 | $24,108 |
| Fees | $1,254 | $1,254 |
The median early career salary of medicine students who receive their doctor’s degree from LSU Health - New Orleans is $55,770 per year. That is about the same as the national average of $54,887.
LSU Health - New Orleans does not offer an online option for its medicine doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the LSU Health - New Orleans Online Learning page.
About 41.1% of the students who received their Doctorate in medicine in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 48.4%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in medicine at LSU Health - New Orleans in 2019-2020, 20.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 39%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 22 |
| Black or African American | 11 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 146 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
Medicine students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Medicine | 192 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 11 |
| Dentistry | 66 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 32 |
| Nursing | 57 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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