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Baton Rouge Community College Data & Information Overview

33 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
15% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Baton Rouge Community College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Baton Rouge Community College Ranked?

#1,815 Best Colleges in Nation
#21 Best Colleges in LA
Industrial Production Technology Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Baton Rouge Community College was awarded 33 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is industrial production technology.

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Overall Quality

BRCC is ranked #1,815 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BRCC held the #1,823 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 29 colleges in Louisiana, BRCC is ranked at #21.

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Is It Hard to Get Into BRCC?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Since Baton Rouge Community College has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.

Learn more about Baton Rouge Community College admissions.

Baton Rouge Community College Faculty

27 to 1 Student to Faculty
48% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Baton Rouge Community College, this rate is 27 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Baton Rouge Community College is 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  48 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Baton Rouge Community College

53% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Baton Rouge Community College this rate is 53%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  53 out of 100
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Baton Rouge Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

3,318 Full-Time Undergraduates
53.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
63.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,376 undergraduates at BRCC with 3,318 being full-time and 4,058 being part-time.

How Much Does Baton Rouge Community College Cost?

$9,245 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
$20,872 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of BRCC is $9,245. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for BRCC

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$8,376 $9,162 $11,576 $13,652 $13,604

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of BRCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At BRCC, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $5,218 a year. That adds up to $20,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BRCC is 14.8%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do BRCC Graduates Make?

$32,054 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from BRCC with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $32,054 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 25% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Baton Rouge Community College

Louisiana State
3,318 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Baton Rouge Community College is a public institution situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for BRCC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 201 Community College Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70806
Phone: 866-217-9823
Website: www.mybrcc.edu/

Baton Rouge Community College Majors

17 Majors With Completions
556 Undergraduate Degrees
Learn more about the majors offered at Baton Rouge Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at BRCC

91% Take At Least One Class Online
58% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 6,783 students took at least one online class at Baton Rouge Community College. This is a decrease from the 6,839 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 6,783 4,318
2019-2020 6,839 6,712
2018-2019 4,616 1,228
2017-2018 3,817 935
2016-2017 1,790 657

Learn more about online learning at Baton Rouge Community College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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