-20pp
150%-time completion
150%-time completion fell 20 pp at Delta College of Arts & Technology vs the 2003–2007 baseline (40.5% vs 60.1%).
Louisiana · Private for-profit · Predominantly certificates
Delta College of Arts & Technology
Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 288 undergraduate students. 8 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Delta College of Arts & Technology
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Delta College of Arts & Technology fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.1% → 0.0%).
+14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at Delta College of Arts & Technology rose 14% between 2017 and 2020 ($6.5k → $7.4k).
+98%
First-year retention
First-year retention at Delta College of Arts & Technology rose 98% between 2021 and 2024 (35.3% → 70.0%).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Louisiana
Each tile compares this institution to the Louisiana median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$34,222+24% · 6→10y
Louisiana median $33,099$27,631
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry40.5%+0% · '97→'09
Louisiana median 52.0%$5,899+85% · '97→'20
At program completion288+85% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS50.0%-9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
2.3%Median federal debt $5,899 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $34,222 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+75%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · undergrad enrollment rose
176 → 326
+85%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · median debt rose
$4,006 → $7,393
-100%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · cohort default rate fell
11.9% → 0.0%
+31%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · earnings_median_10yr rose
$26,200 → $34,222
+23%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · earnings_median_8yr rose
$24,100 → $29,723
+35%
Delta College of Arts & Technology · earnings_median_6yr rose
$20,500 → $27,631
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
4 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Delta College of Arts & Technology
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$339,901
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 4
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $21,191
- HS-only baseline · LA
- $32,800
- Years to complete
- 1
- CIP family
- 51
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Louisiana
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Delta College of Arts & Technology graduates earn $X” — not “Delta College of Arts & Technology makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Delta College of Arts & Technology caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.