unitid 158662 · New Orleans, LA · public 2-year · city (large)
Delgado Community College
- enrollment 2023
- 17,730
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
11,668
94th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
64%
undergrads on Pell grants
98th pctl among public 2-years
completion
24%
finish within 150% time
11th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,568
81st pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$9,747
after aid, aided students
68th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$33,305
after entry, Title IV students
15th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$20,198
100th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $8,734 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k63%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k10%
- 75-110k6%
- 110k+5%
- Median family income
- $16,650
- First-generation students
- 52%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,279
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.6× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 713 | $50,436 | $23,952 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 293 | $74,382 | $35,330 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 223 | $40,721 | $25,250 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 120 | $32,651 | $19,500 |
| Electrical and Power Transmission Installers. | 106 | — | $11,977 |
| Real Estate. | 104 | — | $27,744 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 96 | $43,627 | $25,113 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management. | 95 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 93 | $55,816 | $38,569 |
| Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications. | 83 | — | — |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 76 | $61,456 | $24,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 72 | $39,269 | $34,932 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.