General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

If you plan to study general health services/allied health/health sciences, take a look at what Northwestern State University of Louisiana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NSU is located in Natchitoches, Louisiana and approximately 11,447 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 20 health studies majors received their bachelor's degree from NSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

NSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

Online Classes Are Available at NSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? NSU offers distance education options for health studies at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

NSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at NSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at NSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	16
Most Popular Online General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Online General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	35
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
	54
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	72
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	174
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	202
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	270
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	364

Health Studies Student Demographics at NSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health studies majors at Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

NSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 health studies students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from NSU, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in health studies at NSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northwestern State University of Louisiana with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NSU also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Fitzed under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.