Private for-profit · Community college

Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus

Lafayette, Louisiana · Midsize city

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Transfer rate: $21,578
Avg net price: 56%
Grad / completion: $34,222
Median earnings

Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lafayette, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 189 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 189 undergradsMidsize cityNear the coast

About Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in Louisiana and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish. French colonists founded the first European settlement, Petit Manchac, a trading post along the Vermilion River. The Lafayette metropolitan area has a large Louisiana Creole, Cajun, and substantial foreign-born population; an estimated 14,676 Lafayettiens were foreign-born residents in 2019. Additionally, more than 36% of foreigners came from Asia from 2014 to 2019. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 5 miles to Lafayette, LA
To the ocean: 23 miles
Nearest airport: 5 miles to Lafayette (LFT)

How Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus compares

Graduation rate56%

Higher than 44% · #47 of 73 in Louisiana

First-year retention73%

Higher than 51%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$34,222

Higher than 47% · #12 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$21,578

Cheaper than 27% · #50 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$7,393

Lower than 81%

Student–faculty ratio7 : 1

Lower than 92%

Undergraduate enrollment189

Larger than 43%

Percentiles compare Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Louisiana.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

Women18196%
Men84%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White23%
Black70%
Hispanic0.5%
Asian0.5%
Other or multiracial5.3%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 189
Student–faculty ratio: 7 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 73%
First-generation students: 54%
Students over 25: 63%
Median family income: $15,980

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Cost

In-state tuition: —
Room & board: —
Total cost of attendance: —
Average net price: $21,578

Outcomes

Graduated: 56%
First-year retention: 73%
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,631
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $34,222
Median debt at graduation: $7,393
Students with federal loans: 60%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 54%

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing: No
Application fee: Free

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k

$21,932

$30–48k

$19,995

$48–75k

$23,326

$75–110k

—

$110k+

—

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.

Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years): $34,222
Typical debt at graduation: $7,393
Debt vs. one year's pay: 22%
Out-earn a HS grad: 39%

Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women

$33,897

Men

$39,229

Men out-earn women by $5,332 (16%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high: 92°F
Winter low: 41°F
Annual rain: 64.7″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lafayette, LA US station (4.4 mi from campus).

What Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus graduates study — and earn

Health and Medical Administrative Services

45 grads$23k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$9k debt

45$23,288$26,694$9,217 Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

37 grads$48k 1 yr$47k 5 yr$20k debt

37$47,526$47,264$19,999 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

12 grads$22k 1 yr$26k 5 yr$6k debt

12$21,546$26,205$6,000 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

9 grads$24k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$8k debt

9$23,994$26,938$7,627

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.