Best Community Health Worker programs in Louisiana, ranked by enrollment
Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors.
13 schools in Louisiana run programs that feed this job, graduating 357 people a year. The job pays a median of $46,450 in Louisiana across about 210 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
Fields of study in Louisiana that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.
5 programs in Louisiana that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year in Louisiana (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Louisiana page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CIP 51.2201In Louisiana → | 253 | 70.9% | 8 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 2 | CIP 51.0001In Louisiana → | 55 | 15.4% | 3 | $34,545 | $25,000 |
| 3 | CIP 51.2212In Louisiana → | 29 | 8.1% | 2 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 4 | CIP 51.2208In Louisiana → | 15 | 4.2% | 3 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
| 5 | CIP 51.2207In Louisiana → | 5 | 1.4% | 2 | $36,762 | $25,076 |
Top 13 schools in Louisiana
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 3 of the 13 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 3 feeder programs | 106 | Health and Wellness, General | $39,553 | 86% | $33,106 | 14% |
| 2 | Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 81 | Public Health, General | — | 49% | $19,760 | 69% |
| 3 | Louisiana State University - Shreveport Shreveport, LA Public · 2 feeder programs | 62 | Public Health, General | — | 38% | — | 51% |
| 4 | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans New Orleans, LA Public · 2 feeder programs | 60 | Public Health, General | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 13 | Public Health, General | — | 59% | $22,906 | 93% |
| 6 | Dillard University New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 11 | Public Health, General | $35,205 | 43% | $18,826 | 42% |
| 7 | Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA Public · 2 feeder programs | 8 | Behavioral Aspects of Health | $34,751 | 45% | — | 99% |
| 8 | Herzing University - New Orleans Metairie, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 5 | Health and Wellness, General | — | 15% | $22,092 | 92% |
| 9 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA Public · 1 feeder programs | 4 | Public Health Education and Promotion | — | 53% | — | 87% |
| 10 | University of Holy Cross New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 3 | Public Health, General | — | 49% | $16,691 | 74% |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA Public · 1 feeder programs | 2 | Health and Wellness, General | — | 64% | — | 86% |
| 12 | Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Baton Rouge, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Public Health Education and Promotion | — | 45% | $17,925 | 99% |
| 13 | Louisiana Christian University Pineville, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 1 | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | — | 44% | $16,971 | 77% |
All 13 schools in Louisiana
Every school in Louisiana with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.
| School | City | Control | Graduates / yr | Feeder programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane University of Louisiana | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 106 | 3 |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 81 | 1 |
| Louisiana State University - Shreveport | Shreveport | Public | 62 | 2 |
| Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans | New Orleans | Public | 60 | 2 |
| Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 13 | 1 |
| Dillard University | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 11 | 1 |
| Southeastern Louisiana University | Hammond | Public | 8 | 2 |
| Herzing University - New Orleans | Metairie | Private not-for-profit | 5 | 1 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Lafayette | Public | 4 | 1 |
| University of Holy Cross | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 3 | 1 |
| Louisiana Tech University | Ruston | Public | 2 | 1 |
| Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University | Baton Rouge | Private not-for-profit | 1 | 1 |
| Louisiana Christian University | Pineville | Private not-for-profit | 1 | 1 |
What community health workers earn in Louisiana
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $51,850. Louisiana pays below the national figure.
1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.
Metro areas in Louisiana
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.
How to get in
The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Community Health Workers page.
How to become a Community Health Worker
Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Top skills
The same job in other states
Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.
Related careers in Louisiana
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 9 majors mapped to Community Health Workers9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 09.0905Health Communication
- 51.0001Health and Wellness, General
- 51.1504Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
- 51.2201Public Health, General
- 51.2207Public Health Education and Promotion
- 51.2208Community Health and Preventive Medicine
- 51.2209Maternal and Child Health
- 51.2212Behavioral Aspects of Health
- 51.3206Arts in Medicine/Health
Common questions
Answers for people weighing community health workers programs in Louisiana.
What degree do you need to become a Community Health Worker?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Public Health, General, which awarded 253 degrees in Louisiana in 2024-25, 70.9% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Community Health Worker?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 5 programs to this occupation. The largest are Public Health, Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. Together they graduate about 357 people a year in Louisiana.
How much do community health workers earn in Louisiana?+
The median is $46,450 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 10.4% below the U.S. median of $51,850. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for community health workers growing?+
BLS projects a +11.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 7,800 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Louisiana?+
13 institutions in Louisiana reported graduates from at least one of the 5 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do community health workers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Community Health Promoter, Community Nutrition Educator, Community Health Outreach Worker, Community Health Program Coordinator among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 21-1094.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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