LA colleges steadily enrolling medical students; law, dentistry and pharmacy mixed

(The Center Square) – Medical programs at Louisiana’s public colleges are steadily gaining students while law, dentistry and pharmacy programs face mixed or declining enrollment, according to a new report from the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana.

Across the six public higher education institutions that train new doctors, lawyers, dentists and pharmacists, Louisiana enrolled an average of about 3,200 students annually over the past decade. Nursing, occupational therapy and dental hygiene were not included in PAR’s analysis.

In the most recent academic year, roughly 3,400 students attended one of those public professional schools. The figures exclude private programs such as Tulane’s medical school, Loyola New Orleans’ law school and Xavier’s pharmacy school.

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