Best programs to become a therapist in Louisiana
1 Louisiana school offers programs that train for this job, graduating 12 people a year. The job pays a median of $64,530 in Louisiana across about 690 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).
BLS lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for this job. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Louisiana is Music Therapy/Therapist (IPEDS completions).
All therapists not listed.
1 program in Louisiana that leads 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 51.2305In Louisiana → | 12 | 100.0% | 1 | $35,966 | $26,323 |
Top 1 schools in Louisiana
Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 1 schools in this state.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder program | 12 | Music Therapy/Therapist | — | 59% | $22,906 | 93% |
All 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyola University New Orleans | New Orleans | Private not-for-profit | 12 | 1 |
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.
What therapists, all other earn in Louisiana
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
U.S. median $77,930. Louisiana pays below the national figure.
Concentrated here: Louisiana employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.
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 and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Therapists, All Other page.
How to become a therapist
- Typical entry education
- Bachelor's degree
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 10 majors mapped to Therapists, All Other9 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 51.2300Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General
- 51.2301Art Therapy/Therapist
- 51.2302Dance Therapy/Therapist
- 51.2305Music Therapy/Therapist
- 51.2313Animal-Assisted Therapy
- 51.2315Drama Therapy/Therapist(no graduates reported)
- 51.2316Horticulture Therapy/Therapist
- 51.2317Play Therapy/Therapist
- 51.2399Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other
- 51.3601Movement Therapy and Movement Education
Common questions
Answers for people weighing therapists, all other programs in Louisiana.
What degree do you need to become a therapist?+
BLS lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for this job. The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Louisiana is Music Therapy/Therapist (IPEDS completions).
Which college majors lead to becoming a therapist?+
The field of study that leads most directly to this job in Louisiana is Music Therapy/Therapist (IPEDS completions). In all, 1 feeder program graduates about 12 people a year in Louisiana (IPEDS completions).
How much do therapists, all other earn in Louisiana?+
The median is $64,530 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 17.2% below the U.S. median of $77,930. 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 therapists, all other growing?+
BLS projects a +11.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career in Louisiana?+
1 institutions in Louisiana reported graduates from at least one of the 1 program 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 therapists, all other work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Art Therapist, Music Therapist, Art Psychotherapist, Neurologic Music Therapist, Registered Art Therapist (ATR), Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 29-1129.
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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