Federal data

Largest registered nursing programs in Louisiana

Louisiana registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitochesPublic, 4-year501
2University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayettePublic, 4-year306
3Delgado Community CollegeNew OrleansPublic, 2-year287
4Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New OrleansNew OrleansPublic, 4-year242
5Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammondPublic, 4-year193
6McNeese State UniversityLake CharlesPublic, 4-year190
7Louisiana State University-AlexandriaAlexandriaPublic, 4-year171
8Nicholls State UniversityThibodauxPublic, 4-year166
9University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroePublic, 4-year134
10Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady UniversityBaton RougePrivate nonprofit, 4-year127
11Southern UniversityBaton RougePublic, 4-year111
12Chamberlain UniversityJeffersonFor-profit, 4-year104
13Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton RougePublic, 2-year100
14Louisiana Tech UniversityRustonPublic, 4-year87
15Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier CityPublic, 2-year77
16Louisiana State University-EuniceEunicePublic, 2-year76
17Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic TechnologyBaton RougePrivate nonprofit, 2-year65
18South Louisiana Community CollegeLafayettePublic, 2-year64
19SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake CharlesPublic, 2-year49
20Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroePublic, 2-year37
21Fletcher Technical Community CollegeSchrieverPublic, 2-year34
22Southern University at ShreveportShreveportPublic, 2-year30
23Herzing UniversityMetairiePrivate nonprofit, 4-year30
24University of Holy CrossNew OrleansPrivate nonprofit, 4-year28
25Grambling State UniversityGramblingPublic, 4-year21

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.