Nursing Schools In Louisiana
Louisiana has 25 accredited nursing schools where nursing faculty who teach nursing classes can find employment. The trends in Louisiana's nursing academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in nursing includes nursing training at the following levels:
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Professional Trends
Louisiana Vs. National Nursing Employment
| Louisiana | 90,630 |
| National | 5,150,780 |
Approximately 2% of the country's nursing professionals work in Louisiana state.
Employment Growth for Nursing professionals In Louisiana
| 84,590 | 86,510 | 87,400 | 87,510 | 90,630 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Yellow: Actual Values
In Louisiana, nursing is a growing field. In Louisiana, 6,040 more nursing professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 7% growth in the field. This growth is slower than the national trend for nursing professionals which shows a 7% increase in the number of nursing professionals working around the nation.
Nursing VS. All Professions salaries in Louisiana
| $51,760 | $49,840 | $55,332 | $38,512 | $40,260 |
| $38,658 | $41,019 | $42,185 | $43,003 | $45,617 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Nursing
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Louisiana, as the number of nursing professionals is growing, the salaries earned by nursing professionals are decreasing. Nursing professionals earned a yearly mean salary of $51,760 in 2006. They earned a yearly mean salary of $40,260 in 2010.
Salary percentiles for Nursing professionals in Louisiana
10th percentile |
$27,018 |
25th percentile |
$31,832 |
50th percentile |
$37,668 |
75th percentile |
$45,630 |
90th percentile |
$55,526 |
This represents a decline in salaries of 29%. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. Within the field of nursing, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid nursing professionals earning 106% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Louisiana state.
Average Salaries for Nursing professionals and related professions in Louisiana
BSN |
$62,060 |
Forensic Nursing |
$40,600 |
Gerontology |
$52,502 |
Nursing |
$40,260 |
RN to BSN |
$62,060 |
Nursing professionals in Louisiana earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Nursing programs available for each degree type for all schools in Louisiana
associate |
13 |
bachelor |
16 |
master |
21 |
doctor |
2 |
Certificate |
45 |
| Total | 97 |
As the number of nursing professionals is increasing in Louisiana state, the number of students graduating from the 25 accredited nursing schools in Louisiana state is also increasing. In Louisiana, there were 174 graduates in 2006. And there were 6,849 graduates from nursing courses in 2010.
There was an increase in the number of nursing school degree or certificate graduates in Louisiana by 3836%. Most of these graduates, or 46%, earned a undergraduate certificate in nursing.