Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans

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All 14 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Louisiana high-school graduate (about $34,350/yr). Another 23 could not be assessed.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

14 of 37 programs could be assessed 38% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Louisiana high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$81,519	+$47,169	clears the bar	$21,395	0.5 yrs	249
Medicine	First Professional Degree	$102,862	+$68,512	clears the bar	$190,588	2.8 yrs	184
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	$189,321	+$154,971	clears the bar	$225,325	1.5 yrs	76
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$67,775	+$33,425	clears the bar	$55,615	1.7 yrs	43
Public Health	Master's Degree	$59,016	+$24,666	clears the bar	$50,334	2.0 yrs	39
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Bachelor's Degree	$67,665	+$33,315	clears the bar	$15,000	0.5 yrs	37
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	$127,503	+$93,153	clears the bar	$69,841	0.7 yrs	34
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$71,104	+$36,754	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$65,640	+$31,290	clears the bar	$17,745	0.6 yrs	21
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$71,726	+$37,376	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	$170,420	+$136,070	clears the bar	$134,633	1.0 yrs	1
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Doctoral Degree	$82,417	+$48,067	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$80,187	+$45,837	clears the bar	$84,639	1.8 yrs	insufficient data
Dental Residency/Fellowship Programs	First Professional Degree	$229,117 1-year earnings	+$194,767	clears the bar	$160,560	0.8 yrs	insufficient data
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	71
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Pharmacology and Toxicology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Nursing	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Genetics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Genetics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Medical Laboratory Science	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Medicine	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,350/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.