Public · Community college

Bossier Parish Community College

Bossier City, Louisiana · Small city

19%
Transfer rate
$10,706
Avg net price
15%
Grad / completion
$34,502
Median earnings

Bossier Parish Community College is a public certificate-granting institution in Bossier City, Louisiana (small city setting), enrolling 4,935 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

PublicMidsize · 4,935 undergradsSmall cityNJCAA Division I

About Bossier City, Louisiana

Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States. In the 1830s, the area of Bossier City was the plantation Elysian Grove, which was purchased by James Cane and his second wife Mary Doal Cilley Bennett Cane. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Associate
To the ocean
177 miles
Nearest airport
12 miles to Shreveport (SHV)

How Bossier Parish Community College compares

Graduation rate15%

Higher than 2% · #71 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention50%

Higher than 10%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,502

Higher than 47% · #11 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$10,706

Cheaper than 68% · #18 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$17,500

Lower than 9%

Student–faculty ratio25 : 1

Lower than 12%

Undergraduate enrollment4,935

Larger than 91%

Percentiles compare Bossier Parish Community College with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

4,935undergrads
  • Women3,15664%
  • Men1,77936%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White42%
  • Black45%
  • Hispanic5.9%
  • Asian1.0%
  • Other or multiracial6.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
4,935
Student–faculty ratio
25 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
52%
First-generation students
48%
Students over 25
43%
Median family income
$19,616
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$53,577
Endowment
$1,820,000

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition
$4,283
Room & board
Books & supplies
$1,353
Total cost of attendance
$17,111
Average net price
$10,706

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated
15%
First-year retention
50%
Transferred to another college
19%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$26,552
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$34,502
Median debt at graduation
$17,500
Students with federal loans
43%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
46%

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
15%
Low-income (Pell)
11%
First-generation
12%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
No
Application fee
Free
Athletics
NJCAA Division I
Varsity athletes
82 (55 men · 27 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (4)

Baseball39
Softball23
Basketball16
Cross Country4

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

Campus safety

Safety grade
A
Reported offenses per 1,000 students
0.1 / year
Violent offenses (2022–2024)
2
Property offenses (2022–2024)
0

On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 3 campuses (5,561 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.

Reported offenses in an average year

The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.

0.7reported offenses a year
0.7 violent a year0 property a year

By offense type, per year

Fondling
0.3
Robbery
0.3

Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$10,066
$30–48k
$9,543
$48–75k
$12,040
$75–110k
$14,456
$110k+
$15,240

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

12%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$3,733
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 12% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,733. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 796 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$34,502
Typical debt at graduation
$17,500
Debt vs. one year's pay
51%
Out-earn a HS grad
39%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$31,303
Men
$41,729

Men out-earn women by $10,426 (33%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
95°F
Winter low
39°F
Annual rain
48.9″
Annual snow
0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow
30°70°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.44.8JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Shreveport Dwtn AP, LA US station (5.7 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.