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Baton Rouge Community College Data & Information Overview

13 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
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How Well Is Baton Rouge Community College Ranked?

#1,694 Best Colleges in Nation
#15 Best Colleges in LA
Engineering Technologies Highest Ranked Major
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2025 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 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is engineering technologies.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, BRCC is ranked #1,694 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BRCC held the #1,815 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

BRCC also holds the #15 spot on the Best Colleges in Louisiana ranking.

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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.

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Baton Rouge Community College Faculty

29 to 1 Student to Faculty
34% 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 29 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 34%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  34 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Baton Rouge Community College

56% 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 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  56 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?

$9,646 Net Price
30% Take Out Loans
$20,816 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of BRCC is $9,646. 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 +
$8,742 $8,461 $10,644 $13,471 $13,905

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 30% of students took out student loans averaging $5,204 a year. That adds up to $20,816 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do BRCC Graduates Make?

$34,581 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from BRCC make about $34,581 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is about 30% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major 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

41 Majors With Completions
3,062 Undergraduate Degrees
3,062 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 41 majors graduated from Baton Rouge Community College. Of these students, 3,062 received undergraduate degrees and 3,062 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 903 NA
General Business/Commerce 83 NA
Nursing 70 NA
Human Development & Family Studies 50 NA
Precision Metal Working 48 NA
Construction Management 43 NA
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair 34 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 32 NA
Industrial Production Technology 31 NA
Allied Health Professions 24 NA

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

81% 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 2022-2023, 7,526 students took at least one online class at Baton Rouge Community College. This is an increase from the 6,783 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2022-2023 7,526 5,339
2021-2022 6,783 4,318
2020-2021 6,839 6,712
2018-2019 3,817 935

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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