Private for-profit · Community college
Delta College West
Lake Charles, Louisiana · Small city
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,360
- Avg net price
- 29%
- Grad / completion
- —
- Median earnings
Delta College West is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Lake Charles, Louisiana (small city setting), enrolling 78 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Lake Charles, Louisiana
Lake Charles is the fifth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on the namesake lake, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. The Great Fire of April 1910 devastated much of the city. Lake Charles has a Creole and Cajun culture because of its location in Southwest Louisiana—an extension of Acadiana. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 72 miles to Lafayette, LA
- To the ocean
- 30 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Lake Charles (LCH)
How Delta College West compares
Higher than 11% · #66 of 73 in Louisiana
Higher than 6%
Cheaper than 38% · #39 cheapest of 71 in Louisiana
Lower than 51%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 22%
Percentiles compare Delta College West 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 race / ethnicity
- White23%
- Black63%
- Hispanic5.1%
- Asian1.3%
- Other or multiracial7.7%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 78
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 91%
- First-generation students
- 44%
- Students over 25
- 24%
- Median family income
- $11,372
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
- $18,360
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 29%
- First-year retention
- 41%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $19,236
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- —
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,573
- Students with federal loans
- 78%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
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.
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 West 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.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 93°F
- Winter low
- 43°F
- Annual rain
- 59.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lake Charles, LA US station (5.4 mi from campus).
What Delta College West graduates study — and earn
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.