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Baton Rouge Community College has an open-door admissions policy. Students who can benefit from the programs offered are accepted without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, age, physical disability, marital or veteran status.

Graduates of a state-approved high school, individuals who have obtained the General Equivalency Diploma (GED), or individuals who are eighteen (18) years of age or older are eligible for admission. High school students who are at least sixteen years of age may be admitted through concurrent enrollment, which allows them to register in a maximum of 2 college courses simultaneously with their high school courses. Admission to the College does not, however, ensure admission to a particular program of study.

On June 28, 1995, Baton Rouge Community College was established as a State of Louisiana open-admissions, 2-year comprehensive community college serving an 6-parish area surrounding Baton Rouge. Despite Louisiana’s strong vocational and technical college programs, prior to the College's founding, the state had only 3 existing community colleges located in the Shreveport and New Orleans areas.