What is LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's acceptance rate?

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine does not publish an acceptance rate, and neither does any free national source. Those sources publish applications and matriculants, not the number of offers a school made, so a rate cannot be calculated from them without inventing the missing number. What can be stated in 2025-2026 is that LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine received 3,865 applications for 195 seats in the entering class, which is 19.8 applications per seat. Source: AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026.

LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine

New Orleans, LouisianaMD Official website

MCAT—Not reported

GPA3.76AverageSources and context

Class size1952025-2026Source

In-state tuition$32,937One year, tuition and feesSource

Mission

The LSU School of Medicine is dedicated to providing the opportunity for an excellent medical education to all applicants who are prepared to benefit from its curriculum and instruction. To this end, the Admissions Committee will strive to recruit and admit residents from Louisiana from every geographic, economic, social, and cultural dimension of the state of Louisiana and also other states within the country.

As the school states it

Admissions office

Office of AdmissionsSchool of Medicine in New OrleansNew Orleans, LA 70112 USA

(504) 568-6262

ms-admissions@lsuhsc.edu

Tuition and cost

Tuition and fees

In state$32,937

Out of state$61,115

One year, as reported. A missing figure means the school did not report it, never that it costs nothing.

Cost of attendance

In state$84,235

Out of state$112,413

Tuition plus the living costs the school budgets for. This is what a loan is sized against.

What you leave with

Average graduating debt: $233,571
Students receiving aid: 79%

Health insurance

In state: $7,438
Out of state: $7,438

After graduation

Monthly loan payment: $2,168
Earnings, 1 year out: $60,253
Earnings, 5 years out: $176,318

Loan payment is on federal graduate loans only. Earnings are medians for everyone who finished this program, and a year out most of them are in residency.

Who can apply

Out-of-state ApplicantsYesYes, All out of state applicants will be pre-screened. Those applicants chosen to move to the next step will receive a secondary application. .

Canadian ApplicantsYesYes, Canadian applicants are considered in the same group as out of state applicants. Canadian applicant are pre-screened. Those chosen to move to the next step will receive a secondary application.

International ApplicantsConditionsNo, Students have to have attended a North American College or University and have Permanent Resident Status in the United States.

DACA Status ApplicantsNoNo

Transfer applicantsConditionsAccepted with conditions

Community college prerequisitesYesAccepted

AP creditYesAccepted

Online courseworkYesAccepted

Pass/fail courseworkConditionsVaries by course

While credits from a 4 year institution is preferably. Applicants may still apply with credits from community colleges.

Applying

How competitive is admission here?

19.8applications per seat2025-2026

3,865applications received2025-2026

16.6%from in state2025-2026

MCAT scores this school will read
Oldest accepted
January 2024
Latest accepted
September 30, 2026
AAMC PREview
Policy
We are recommending applicants submit PREview scores
Secondary application
Required
Yes
Fee
$89
Sent to
All residents of the State of Louisiana, out-of-state applicants are pre- screened.
Fee waiver
Available
Secondary deadline
Due
December 1st
Letters of recommendation
Committee letter
Accepted
Letter packet
Accepted
Individual letters
Accepted
Interview
Format
One-on-one
Invitations
September 2026
Deposit on an offer
Required
No

Prerequisite coursework

BiochemistryGeneral Biochemistry3Required
BiologyGeneral Biology 1 and 2 with labs.Lab8Required
ChemistryGeneral Chemistry 1 and 2 with corresponding labs Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 with corresponding labsLab16Required
Composition & RhetoricGeneral English 6 hours6Required
PhysicsGeneral Physics 1 and 2 with corresponding labsLab8Required
StatisticsGeneral Statistics or Calculus. This has to be a in Math. Statistics courses in Psychology will not qualify.3Required

Interview

One-on-oneHeld: virtual

Video interview

All interviews will be conducted via a virtual platform

Regional interviews

Regional interviews are not available

How the school describes it

Three one-on-one interviews. Interviews will be through a virtual platform.

Invitations

September 2026

A typical interview day

Information is given to those who are invited to interview two weeks prior to appointment.

If you are waitlisted

Waitlist positions: The waitlist varies every year.

Applicants are notified that they are placed on the waitlist. Being accepted off of the waitlist varies every year.

Sources

a public compilation of schools' published figures, not yet checked against the school
AAMC FACTS table A-1, 2025-2026 · 2025-2026
calculated by PreMD from the published application and matriculant counts · 2025-2026
AAMC MSAR public school report
College Scorecard field of study, U.S. Department of Education

Figures here were last reviewed on 2026-08-04.

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