Delta College South
For-profit College in Baton Rouge, LA. Median 10-year earnings $30,894.
Median earnings ten years after entry come to $30,894, below what most undergraduate institutions return — the central fact to weigh against cost here. Graduates leave owing a median of $5,845 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.19 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. A 27:1 ratio means students need to be deliberate about getting faculty time. This is a for-profit short-program school. That is not disqualifying, but it does mean verifying accreditation, transferability of credits, and job-placement claims directly rather than trusting the category. At 283 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 283 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $19,554 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $21,296 at $0–30k against $25,147 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. About 74% get grants averaging $6,889, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 63% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 62 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 | $21,296 |
| $30–48k | $21,892 |
| $48–75k | $21,048 |
| $75–110k | $25,147 |
| $110k+ | $25,147 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 178 of these 283 students, totalling $722,565 — an average of $4,059 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (East Baton Rouge Parish) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Warning or Equivalent-Factors Affecting Academic Quality (Other - Provide unlisted or multiple justifications); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)