School of Medicine

Department of Family Medicine

TUITION EXEMPTIONS

Students who join the Rural Scholars Track can receive up to four years of tuition exemptions. To be eligible, students must contractually agree to:

  • Practice in one of the following primary-care specialties:
    -Family Medicine
    -Pediatrics
    -General Internal Medicine
    -Medicine/Pediatrics
    -Obstetrics/Gynecology
             or
    -General Surgery
  • Return to a designated rural area in Louisiana to practice upon completion of residency
  • Practice in this rural area for at least five years