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Delta College of Arts & Technology

⌖ Baton Rouge, LA · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$384,936 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

—Modeled economic break-even

−149%Modeled 10-year ROI

$32,422Observed earnings · year 5

Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula

ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation

−$384,936at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$259,1560

−$384,93610

FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuitionNot available

Sticker price

Average net price$19,789

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$26,688

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$19,789Average net price / year

$26,688Cost of attendance

$7,393Median federal student debt · completer borrowers

$78/moPublished 10-year payment estimate

$32,422Median earnings · year 5 after completion

65.1%Completion rate

Not availableAdmission rate

326Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$20,194

$30–48k$16,842

$48–75k$21,115

$75–110kNot available

$110k+Not available

LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$32,422

Year 6$27,631

Year 10$34,222

Full-time retention: 70.0%
Part-time retention: Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time: 40.5%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

25thEarnings percentile

60thCompletion percentile

WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$30,699Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories

$7,627Median federal debt across categories that report debt

0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$30,585Year 1

$35,243Year 4

$32,422Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$48,940 2Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,528 3Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$30,699 4Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$29,194

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in LA

Currently operating private for-profit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Lafayette, LA

Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus

Annual net price: $21,578
Observed earnings · year 5: $32,422
Modeled 10-year ROI: -147%

Open college profile →Shreveport, LA

Ayers Career College

Annual net price: $18,439
Observed earnings · year 5: $27,721
Modeled 10-year ROI: -168%

Open college profile →Baton Rouge, LA

Delta College South

Annual net price: $21,331
Observed earnings · year 5: $27,243
Modeled 10-year ROI: -167%

Open college profile →Slidell, LA

Delta College-Slidell Campus

Annual net price: $21,888
Observed earnings · year 5: $27,007
Modeled 10-year ROI: -167%

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$48,940	$19,999
Health and Medical Administrative Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$32,528	$9,217
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$30,699	$6,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	$29,194	$7,627

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.