Baton Rouge
Community College
Public Community College in Baton Rouge, LA. Six-year graduation rate 31%. Median 10-year earnings $34,581.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $34,581, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Completion is the weak point: 31% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $12,450, a light load against those earnings.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Graduation rate 31% — below national average
Academics
Only 31% finish within six years, so roughly two in three students leave without the credential. Just 53% of first-years come back — most of the completion gap opens in year one. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. The part-time picture is harder: 15% return, against 53% full-time. At 32:1, instructor access is thin — worth probing on a campus visit.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,003 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $9,461 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($8,860 versus $15,056), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 69% of students at an average of $5,661. About 47% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,122 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $8,860 |
| $30–48k | $8,156 |
| $48–75k | $10,336 |
| $75–110k | $14,051 |
| $110k+ | $15,056 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,789 of these 8,003 students, totalling $27,420,675 — an average of $7,237 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (East Baton Rouge Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)