by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Bossier Parish Community College was awarded 21 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is communications technologies & support.
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Bossier Parish Community College landed the #1,451 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Bossier Parish Community College held the #1,706 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Bossier Parish Community College is also ranked #10 out of 30 schools in Louisiana.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Bossier Parish Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
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 Bossier Parish Community College, this rate is 26 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Bossier Parish Community College is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 49% rate at Bossier Parish Community College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,090 undergraduates at Bossier Parish Community College with 2,892 being full-time and 3,198 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $9,160 | $9,678 | $12,009 | $14,546 | $14,237 |
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 Bossier Parish Community College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Bossier Parish Community College, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,261 a year. That adds up to $25,044 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Bossier Parish Community College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6220 East Texas, Bossier City, LA 71111-6922 |
| Phone: | 318-678-6000 |
| Website: | https://www.bpcc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 424 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 143 | NA |
| Information Technology | 136 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 134 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 100 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 83 | NA |
| Nursing | 83 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 78 | NA |
| Audiovisual Communications | 63 | NA |
| Natural Sciences | 55 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 4,621 students took at least one online class at Bossier Parish Community College. This is an increase from the 4,359 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,621 | 3,104 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,359 | 2,986 |
| 2020-2021 | 6,090 | 4,735 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,336 | 1,633 |
Learn more about online learning at Bossier Parish Community College.
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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