2025 Best Nursing Practice Schools in Louisiana

Ranked #105 in popularity, nursing practice is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for nursing practice students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 98 degrees in nursing practice annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Nursing Practice Schools List

Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School

Your choice of nursing practice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Nursing Practice School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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.

Nursing Practice Rankings by Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nursing Practice Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Read more about College Factual's methodology.

Best Schools for Nursing Practice in Louisiana

The schools below may not offer all types of nursing practice degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Louisiana Schools in Nursing Practice

1

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In LA

71 Nursing Practice Degrees Awarded

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of New Orleans, LSU Health - New Orleans is a public university with a small student population.

There were approximately 71 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - New Orleans in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

2

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In LA

Every student who is interested in nursing practice has to take a look at Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

There were roughly 5 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at NSU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from Northwestern State University of Louisiana

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Southern New Hampshire University

Masters Degree Type

MS in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner Program Name

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More information about a degree in MS in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner from Southern New Hampshire University

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• BS in Nursing - RN to BSN
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• MS in Nursing - Nurse Executive Leadership
• MS in Nursing - Nursing Education
• MS in Nursing - Healthcare Quality & Safety
• MS in Nursing - Population Healthcare

3

Southern University and A & M College
Baton Rouge, LA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In LA

Southern University and A & M College is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Southern University and A & M College is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

There were about 5 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Southern University and A & M College in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from Southern University and A & M College

Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	554
North Carolina	710	282
Georgia	690	271
Virginia	630	244
Tennessee	624	183
South Carolina	530	35
Kentucky	518	214
Mississippi	501	45
Alabama	500	241
Arkansas	466	65
West Virginia	410	10

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Nursing Practice Related Rankings by Major

Nursing Practice is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	3,235
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	105
Nurse Anesthetist	27
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	23
Nursing Administration	11
Nursing Science	1
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	1

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Notes and References

• 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.