by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Physical Therapy/Therapist. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in rehabilitation, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, 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 rehabilitation students who receive their doctor’s degree from LSU Health - New Orleans is $65,833 per year. That is 5% lower than the national average of $69,264.
Online degrees for the LSU Health - New Orleans rehabilitation doctor’s degree program are not available 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 68.8% of the students who received their Doctorate in rehabilitation in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.7%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in rehabilitation at LSU Health - New Orleans in 2019-2020, 3.1% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 23%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 30 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 32 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 11 |
| Dentistry | 66 |
| Medicine | 192 |
| Nursing | 57 |
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*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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