Graduate Programs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport

Graduate School Overview

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (referred to as LSUHSC-Shreveport) is a Public, 4 years school located in Shreveport, LA.

LSUHSC-Shreveport Directory Information
School Name	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport (LSUHSC-Shreveport)
Address	1501 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, LA 71103
Phone	318-675-8769
Web	https://www.lsuhscshreveport.edu
Online Application	https://www.lsuhs.edu/admissions
Financial Info	https://www.lsuhs.edu/admissions/student-financial-services/student-financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of LSUHSC-Shreveport is $15,458 for Louisiana residents and $27,118 for out-of-state students. The school has 992 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 1,015 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 17 graduate programs through Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$27,118 $15,458 for Louisiana Residents
Student Population	992
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	17 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	3 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at LSUHSC-Shreveport is $15,458 for Louisiana residents and $27,118 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $584 for Louisiana residents and $1,196 for out-of-state students.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Louisiana Residents	$15,458
Out-of-State	$27,118
Tuition per Credit Hour
Louisiana Residents	$584
Out-of-State	$1,196

LSUHSC-Shreveport offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	No Special Learning Available or Reported
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport is $15,458 for Louisiana residents and $27,118 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.38% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Louisiana Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$14,390	$883	$26,369	$883
2019-2020	$14,557	$872	$26,417	$872
2020-2021	$14,316	$876	$26,084	$876
2021-2022	$14,477	$883	$26,338	$883
2022-2023	$14,274	$846	$25,386	$846
2023-2024	$14,615	$843	$26,275	$843

The graduate school tuition & fees of LSUHSC-Shreveport is expensive compared to public graduate schools in Louisiana. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Louisiana graduate tuition is $18,998 (public) / $18,847 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport	$15,458	$27,118
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Louisiana Graduate Schools	$12,617	$18,891
Public	$9,880	$18,998
Private	$18,847

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $597 for Louisiana residents and $1,236 for other students at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.34% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Louisiana Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$648	$1,354
2019-2020	$645	$1,337
2020-2021	$629	$1,307
2021-2022	$587	$1,200
2022-2023	$584	$1,196
2023-2024	$597	$1,236

For medical school, the average tuition & fees is $29,344 for Louisiana residents and $61,166 for out-of-state students.

The following table shows the tuition & fees for medical school at LSUHSC-Shreveport.

Medical School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
	Louisiana Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Medicine	$28,592	$752	$60,414	$752

Graduate Programs at LSUHSC-Shreveport

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport offers 15 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 253 students have completed their study at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport.

Offered Degrees at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	6	69
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	6	11
Doctor's degree - other	3	173
Total	15	253

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Physician Assistant program with 37 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Medicine program with 137 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Physician Assistant	✕	37	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	21	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	9	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	2	-
Medical Scientist	✕	-	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Medicine	✕	137	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	36	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	4	-
Physiology	✕	3	-
Pharmacology	✕	2	-

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport offers 15 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 253 students have completed their graduate studies.

69 students have earned/completed Master's program.
173 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	67 completers	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	✕	9	-
Physician Assistant	✕	37	-
Medical Scientist	✕	-	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	21	-
	Total	69

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Anatomy	✕	1	-
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	✕	4	-
Physiology	✕	3	-
Pharmacology	✕	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Rehabilitation Science	✕	-	-
	Total	11

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	173 completers	-
Medicine	✕	137	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	-	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	36	-
	Total	173

Graduate Student Population at LSUHSC-Shreveport

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 992 students enrolled into Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport graduate schools where it has total 1,015 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 906 full-time and 86 part-time graduate students. By gender, 376 male and 616 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	992	376	616
Full-time	906	356	550
Part-tme	86	20	66

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 718 White (72.38%), 84 Black/African American (8.47%), 38 Hispanic (3.83%), 73 Asian (7.36%), and 79 students with other races. 49 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	992	376	616
American Indian/Native American	2	0	2
Asian	73	39	34
Black/African American	84	19	65
Hispanic	38	16	22
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	718	264	454
Two More	10	1	9
Un-Known	17	8	9
Non-resident Alien	49	29	20

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 48 graduate students (4.84% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 143 graduate students (14.42% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	992
Enrolled Online Exclusively	48
Enrolled Some Online Courses	143
Not in Online Courses	801

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. 523 students are aged 20 to 24 (52.72% of total students), 10 students are aged above 50 (1.01%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	992	376	616
Age 20-21	11	2	9
Age 22-24	512	156	356
Age 25-29	365	171	194
Age 30-34	63	31	32
Age 35-39	21	9	12
Age 40-49	10	4	6
Age 50-64	10	3	7

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