Private for-profit · Community college

Delta College South

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · Midsize city

0%
Transfer rate: $21,331
Avg net price: 58%
Grad / completion: $30,894
Median earnings

Delta College South is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (midsize city setting), enrolling 164 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.

Private for-profitSmall · 164 undergradsMidsize city

About Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Human habitation in the Baton Rouge area has been dated to 12000–6500 BC, based on evidence found along the Mississippi, Comite, and Amite rivers. Earthwork mounds were built by hunter-gatherer societies in the Middle Archaic period, from roughly the fourth millennium BC. Baton Rouge has an extensive park collection presided over by the Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge. The largest park is City Park near the Louisiana State University flagship campus. (Wikipedia)

Setting: Midsize city
Highest degree offered: Certificate
Nearest big city: 7 miles to Baton Rouge, LA
To the ocean: 42 miles
Nearest airport: 9 miles to Baton Rouge Metropolitan (BTR)

How Delta College South compares

Graduation rate58%

Higher than 46% · #41 of 73 in Louisiana

Earnings, 10 years after entry$30,894

Higher than 34% · #26 of 61 in Louisiana

Average net price$21,331

Cheaper than 28% · #49 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana

Median debt at graduation$5,845

Lower than 95%

Student–faculty ratio27 : 1

Lower than 8%

Undergraduate enrollment164

Larger than 40%

Percentiles compare Delta College South 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

Women14991%
Men159%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

White22%
Black73%
Hispanic3.7%
Asian1.8%

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

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment: 164
Student–faculty ratio: 27 : 1
Pell Grant recipients: 71%
First-generation students: 52%
Students over 25: 55%
Median family income: $15,138

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: $21,331

Outcomes

Graduated: 58%
First-year retention: —
Transferred to another college: 0%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry: $27,159
Median earnings, 10 years after entry: $30,894
Median debt at graduation: $5,845
Students with federal loans: 63%
Paying down their loans (1 year in): 60%

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

$21,296

$30–48k

$21,892

$48–75k

$21,048

$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 South 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): $30,894
Typical debt at graduation: $5,845
Debt vs. one year's pay: 19%
Out-earn a HS grad: 24%

Typical debt would take roughly 1.9 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

$30,563

Men

$33,611

Men out-earn women by $3,048 (10%) 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: 91°F
Winter low: 40°F
Annual rain: 60.5″
Annual snow: 0.2″

Average temperature

HighLow

Average precipitation (inches)

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lsu Ben-Hur Farm, LA US station (7.3 mi from campus).

What Delta College South graduates study — and earn

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

47 grads$25k 1 yr$27k 5 yr$6k debt

47$24,585$27,006$5,945 Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

35 grads— 1 yr$31k 5 yr$8k debt

35—$31,030$7,753 Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

17 grads$19k 1 yr— 5 yr$6k debt

17$18,852—$5,943 Health and Medical Administrative Services

13 grads$25k 1 yr$31k 5 yr$6k debt

13$25,287$30,704$6,413

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.