Delta College Inc
For-profit College in Covington, LA. Median 10-year earnings $32,044.
Ten-year median earnings of $32,044 are on the low side, which raises the bar for what this degree needs to cost. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $6,397.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.20 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. 76% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. At 6:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. As a for-profit short-program school, outcomes here deserve a harder look than the sector average suggests: for-profit institutions vary enormously, and the sector's aggregate numbers hide both strong and very weak performers.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 275 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,954 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $20,106 at $0–30k versus $28,531 at $110k+. 73% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,209 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 64% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 79 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $20,106 |
| $30–48k | $21,186 |
| $48–75k | $25,970 |
| $75–110k | $27,464 |
| $110k+ | $28,531 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 176 of these 275 students, totalling $823,014 — an average of $4,676 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Tammany Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)