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Overview
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing is located in a midsized city with a population at least 100,000, but less than 250,000. It is in the Baton Rouge LA area.
Highlights
Undergraduate program with the highest reported starting salary ($56K): Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Largest undergraduate program (34): Registered Nursing
Address
3616 North Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
www.brgeneral.org/medical-education/school-of-nursing/
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Institutional Control
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit organization.
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Accreditation
Accreditation provides important oversight over a school's instructional practices and institutional stability.
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing holds an accreditation from one of the national accreditors. Credits earned from the national accreditors are often not accepted by schools holding the more prestigious regional accreditation, and it's important to verify that your credits will transfer if you are considering an eventual switch to another school.
Accreditation History
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (Accredited April 21, 1982 - present)
- The accreditation was recently renewed on February 9, 2021.
- The next accreditation review is scheduled for September 1, 2028.
Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (Accredited January 1, 1986 - present)
- The next accreditation review was scheduled for December 31, 2018.
Undergraduate Students
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Programs
2-4 Year Certificate offerings at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing
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Costs
Undergraduate costs
Here's a quick summary of costs to attend Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing. You will find the most up-to-date information at their website for admissions.
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Historic Annual Costs
See how this school's published costs have changed over the years, and how their cost trends compare with other private schools.
Published costs may have little to do with what you actually pay
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Private and public universities' charges are difficult to compare due to the in-state and out-of-state price differences of public universities, and therefore we only compare Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing to other private schools within your chosen context group.
Undergraduate tuition, fees, books, and supplies over time
Financial Aid
Financial aid overview
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- FederalStudentAid, a government site that will walk you through the federal financial aid process. There are a number of kinds of student loans and other aid, and this site can walk you through all of the choices you will need to make.
Undergraduate Outcomes
Loan Status
This donut shows the percentage of students who are in good standing (green) in repaying any federal student loans five years after leaving Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing.
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Context: Loans with good standing
About 64% of the context schools have better performance, suggesting that Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing's alumni earnings-to-debt ratios are low compared to the context schools' alumni.
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Context and trends: Repayment Rate
How much progress do you think you'll be able to make towards paying down your college loans seven years after leaving school? In our research, we discovered that a surprisingly large number of students don't default on their loans, but also aren't making progress in paying down their principal amount. The percentages here count alumni who have decreased their loan amounts by at least $1.
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Context and trends: are the loan default rates as small as possible?
The default rate is the percentage of students who are already delinquent on their loans within three years of leaving the school. If a school has a high default rate, that sends an alarm out that the students' educations are not sufficient to earn enough to repay those loans. Keep in mind that a low default rate may be more important than loan amounts in predicting your future success.
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Classroom Experience
Student attention at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing
Schools are required to report the ratio of students per instructor, but look for a small number of students for every full-time instructor as your best indicator of personal attention and a modern well-integrated curriculum.
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Full-time and long-term instructors at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing
Full-time faculty are mostly likely to be on campus and available for interaction, and to craft up-to-date courses and programs. Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing has 91% full-time instructors, and 86% of the context schools have a lower percentage of full-time faculty. Faculty with multi-year contracts provide additional stability and commitment to the school and its students.Within the full-time instructors at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing, none have multi-year employment contracts. Of the context schools, only 31% have instructors with multi-year contracts.
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Campus Safety
Crime at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing
Check out the number of disciplinary actions (implemented within the school) and arrests (implemented by law enforcement external to the school)
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Context: Disciplinary Actions
Average number of disciplinary violoations at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Average number of arrests at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Context: Criminal Offenses
Average number of criminal offenses at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing as a percentage of students compared to all of the schools in the comparison group.
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Activities and Services
Undergraduate services offered
- Remedial services
- Academic/career counseling services
- Employment services for current students
Programs for Veterans
If you are a veteran, it's worth digging around to find a military-friendly campus. We think this article about how colleges might help veterans might be a good starting point for questions to ask the Admissions office before you choose to attend. It's also good to be aware that many for-profit schools are behaving as predators, hungry for GI Bill dollars. Watching out for those schools is no different for veterans than for all students: judge very critically using our "Student Satisfaction and Success" tab for undergraduate programs. We wish we had the same data to support graduate programs; however, we think the undergraduate data is a good starting point for judging overall quality.
- Credit for Military Training
- Yellow Ribbon Program
Student Body
Study Types
All students are full-time. No students take distance education courses.
Full-time
Online classes
Context: Student body size
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing enrolled 136 students over the past academic year. The the student body size is smaller than 79% of the context schools.
Undergraduate student gender
Is the gender balance of Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing students important to you? You can see the breakdown in this donut chart.
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Undergraduate student race/origin
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing reports that 21% of students are minority, which is near the middle of the context schools. Similarly, this school's 0 of international students is near the middle proportion of international students within the context schools.
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Context: Gender Balance
It is very difficult for many types of schools to achieve a gender balance, and this context is valuable in evaluating the balance at Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing.
Context: Percentage of women
With 94% women students, Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing has a higher percentage of women than 83% of context schools.
Context: Student race/origin
Here is how Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing compares to the rest of the context group in terms of diversity in the student race and origin.
Freshman residences
A high proportion of international and out-of-state students speaks to reputation and offers an opportunity for diverse interactions in and out of class.
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Student age distribution
The age distribution at a school can tell you a lot about its mission. If you're looking for a traditional undergraduate experience, you may prefer to see students who are mostly younger than 25 (lighter shades), but if you want support as a returning student, a large number of students 25 and older (darker shades) may better suit your needs.
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School Finances
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing: What its budget can tell you about classroom quality
Where a school spends and collects its money can suggest a lot about the educational experience it offers. The tabs below offer a look at spending that is important for the quality of your experience if you attend.
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Context and trends: Instructional expenditures per student
Instructional expenses are primarily the salary and benefits paid to the heart of a school: its full-time instructors. High expenditures in this area suggest care in hiring enough highly qualified full-time faculty to provide personal attention and up-to-date subject-area excellence.
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Does incoming revenue consistently cover expenses?
Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school. Along with publicly-controlled schools, not-for-profit schools do not have the goal of annual profit, but they do want to have healthy finances with adequate revenue to meet all expenses. On the other hand, private for-profit schools have creating a profit for shareholders as an annual goal.
Total revenue and expenses by category
We divided revenue and expenses for Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing into categories to give some insight to what may have influenced peaks and ditches in the chart above. The purple shades correspond most directly to student education. The blue shades, auxiliary expenses and revenue, are often related to room and board. We show investment gains and losses in apricot.
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The power of a large endowment
Related to the previous question of whether the annual revenue stream is stable is the question, "How deep are this school's pockets?" For many schools, a major source of annual income is investment growth. Schools with large endowments have a built-in revenue stream, although you'll see in the accompanying graphs that this revenue stream is highly dependent on the nation's economy. You can choose how to examine the depth of Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing's resources by selecting from the buttons below.
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Context and trends: tracking the endowment
This chart examines Baton Rouge General Medical Center - School of Nursing's total endowment over time. Stable or growing endowments are signs of good institutional health and alumni support. If the endowment is shrinking, then that's a cause for concern that its annual revenue cannot support its current operations, and changes will have to occur to allow the school to stay open long-term. If the endowment is relatively large, then perhaps a slowly shrinking endowment is not a cause for strong concern for potential students.
