Which Baton Rouge Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Construction Management graduates leave with a median of $12,008 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Baton Rouge Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Baton Rouge Community College cost?

Tuition and fees are $4,321 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,474 a year.

How many Baton Rouge Community College programs report graduate pay?

10 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Baton Rouge Community College report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Baton Rouge Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Baton Rouge, LA
8,362 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Baton Rouge Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Industrial Technology pays the most in the first year ($103,572), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($28,650). The median program pays $38,049. Baton Rouge Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$4,321Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$9,474Per year

Graduation rate31%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Louisiana. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Louisiana
1	Industrial TechnologyAbout 36 graduates a year	$103,572	$145,200	$16,000	1st of 6
2	NursingAbout 74 graduates a year	$74,249	$69,554	$28,824	6th of 13
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 24 graduates a year	$50,625	$65,064	$19,500	7th of 10
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 7 graduates a year	$40,880	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
5	Construction ManagementAbout 46 graduates a year	$40,032	Not reported	$12,008	2nd of 2
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 20 graduates a year	$36,066	$45,818	$25,597	1st of 4
7	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$33,705	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
8	BusinessAbout 60 graduates a year	$32,498	$42,587	$13,766	4th of 7
9	Paralegal StudiesAbout 7 graduates a year	$30,115	$37,838	$20,750	1st of 1
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 171 graduates a year	$28,650	$36,355	$17,300	3rd of 10

Program names link to the program's own page, and Louisiana ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Louisiana programs in the field do too.

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Louisiana. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Louisiana
1	Practical NursingAbout 20 graduates a year	$40,776	$47,321	Not reported	13th of 15
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 12 graduates a year	$28,935	Not reported	$9,500	2nd of 14
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 106 graduates a year	$24,025	$45,151	$13,000	6th of 7

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Industrial Technology$103,572
Nursing$74,249
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$50,625
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$40,880
Construction Management$40,032

Lowest median debt

Construction Management$12,008
Business$13,766
Industrial Technology$16,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$17,300
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$19,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 171 graduates a year
NursingAbout 74 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 60 graduates a year
Construction ManagementAbout 46 graduates a year
Industrial TechnologyAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Industrial Technology graduates earn a median of $103,572 in their first year, the most of 10 Baton Rouge Community College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Louisiana rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels