2024 Best Physician Assistant Schools in Louisiana
4Colleges in Louisiana
136Physician Assistant Degrees Awarded
Physician Assistant is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #71 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of physician assistant. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 136 degrees in physician assistant during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physician assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Physician Assistant Schools in Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the physician assistant degrees they offer, see the list below.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.
There were about 34 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - New Orleans in the most recent year we have data available.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in physician assistant. Located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge, FranU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 28 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at FranU in the most recent data year.
Xavier University of Louisiana is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in physician assistant. Located in the city of New Orleans, XULA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 37 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at XULA in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport if you wish to pursue a degree in physician assistant. LSU Health - Shreveport is a small public university located in the city of Shreveport.
There were roughly 37 physician assistant students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - Shreveport in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The physician assistant program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Physician Assistant rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for physician assistant schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
