Bossier Parish Community College
Tel:
(318)678-6000
- The mission of Bossier Parish Community College is to provide instruction and service to its community. This mission is accomplished through courses and programs that provide sound academic education, broad career and workforce training, continuing education, and varied community services through flexible instructional delivery systems. The College provides a wholesome, ethical, and intellectually stimulating environment in which diverse students develop their academic and workforce skills to compete in a technological society.
School Highlights
- Bossier Parish Community College serves 8,693 students (63% of students are full-time).
- The college's student:teacher ratio of 43:1 is higher than the state community college average of 35:1.
- Minority enrollment is 49% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 55%.
- Bossier Parish Community College is the only community colleges within Bossier County, LA.
- The nearest community college to Bossier Parish Community College is Career Technical College-Shreveport (5.1 miles away).
Top Placements
Bossier Parish Community College places among the top 20% of community colleges in Louisiana for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Diversity in US community colleges
- Community Size Largest student body
- Student Earnings Highest graduate earnings (10 years post graduation)
School Overview
- The teacher population of 200 teachers has stayed relatively flat over five years.
| Bossier Parish Community College | (LA) Community College Avg. | |
| Institution Level | At least 2 but less than 4 years | Four or more years |
| Institution Control | Public | Public |
| Total Faculty | 200 staff | 26 staff |
| Total Enrollment | 8,693 students | 1,493 students |
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| Student : Teacher Ratio | 43:1 | 35:1 |
| # Full-Time Students | 5,513 students | 382 students |
| # Part-Time Students | 3,180 students | 1,111 students |
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| % American Indian/Alaskan | - | 1% |
| % Asian | 2% | 2% |
| % Hispanic | 19% | 6% |
| % Black | 25% | 35% |
| % White | 51% | 45% |
| % Two or more races | 1% | 1% |
| % Non Resident races | 1% | 1% |
| % Unknown races | 1% | 9% |
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| Diversity Score | 0.64 | 0.66 |
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| College Completion Rate | 11% | 47% |
| Average Graduate Earnings (10 Years) | $33,300 | $28,200 |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Bossier Parish Community College is a two-year, coeducational public institution located in Bossier City, Louisiana. Created by the Louisiana legislature in 1966, the College serves both traditional and non-traditional students from Northwest Louisiana and the surrounding area. Bossier Parish Community College offers programs leading to academic certificates and associate degrees, in addition to courses for transfer and non-credit. The College has an open-admissions policy and offers to individuals, without discrimination, the opportunity to pursue a variety of educational goals at a reasonable cost. A joint resolution of the Louisiana legislature created Bossier Parish Community College as a pilot program. The purpose of the program was to determine a need for, and feasibility of, establishing two-year commuter colleges throughout the state. The College held classes for the first time during the fall of 1967 with 101 students and a faculty of five full-time and three part-time instructors. Bossier Parish Community College has a long tradition of innovation, flexibility, and sensitivity to student needs. The College maintains an educational environment which promotes integrity and inquiry in students, without emphasis on past academic performance; encourages the achievement of full potential and the pursuit of lifelong learning; and promotes continuous improvement and accountability with an effective program for planning, managing, and assessing services and programs of the College. Bossier Parish Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree and certificate.
Nearby Schools
- The nearest community college to Bossier Parish Community College is Career Technical College-Shreveport (5.1 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Career Technical College-ShreveportPrivate, for profit303 students | 5.10 Mi1227 Shreveport-Barksdale Hwy
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318)629-2889 5.10303 - 353 students | 7.60 Mi2010 N Market St
Shreveport, LA 71107
(318)676-7811 7.60353 - Blue Cliff College-ShreveportPrivate, for profit253 students | 9.30 Mi8731 Park Plaza Drive
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318)425-7941 9.30253 - 61 students | 9.90 Mi702 Professional Dr N
Shreveport, LA 71105
(318)798-3333 9.9061 - 2,952 students | 11.00 Mi3050 Martin Luther King Dr
Shreveport, LA 71107
(318)670-6000 11.002,952
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