Which Delgado Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Veterinary Technology graduates leave with a median of $12,546 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Delgado Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Delgado Community College cost?

Tuition and fees are $4,279 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,747 a year.

How many Delgado Community College programs report graduate pay?

13 associate's programs and 10 certificate programs at Delgado Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Delgado Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
New Orleans, LA
11,668 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Delgado Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,597), and Human Development and Family Studies the least ($21,709). The median program pays $30,248. Delgado Community College also has 10 certificate programs that report pay.

Tuition and fees$4,279Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$9,747Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 13 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Louisiana. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Louisiana
1	NursingAbout 293 graduates a year	$75,597	$74,382	$35,330	4th of 13
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year	$57,847	$61,456	$24,500	4th of 10
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 44 graduates a year	$45,773	$51,265	$29,125	4th of 5
4	BusinessAbout 69 graduates a year	$37,206	$41,632	$22,000	1st of 7
5	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 7 graduates a year	$33,664	$44,307	$32,379	1st of 2
6	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$31,941	$37,176	$12,546	2nd of 2
7	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 13 graduates a year	$30,248	$30,770	$19,500	1st of 1
8	AccountingAbout 37 graduates a year	$29,506	$38,072	$25,750	2nd of 2
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 42 graduates a year	$29,276	$34,181	$30,687	3rd of 4
10	Data ProcessingAbout 1 graduates a year	$28,515	$50,461	$17,418	1st of 1
11	Business AdministrationAbout 72 graduates a year	$27,509	$39,269	$34,932	1st of 1
12	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 223 graduates a year	$26,311	$40,721	$25,250	7th of 10
13	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$21,709	$31,645	$37,750	1st of 1

Program names link to the program's own page, and Louisiana ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Louisiana programs in the field do too.

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 10 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Louisiana. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Louisiana
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 96 graduates a year	$47,284	$43,627	$25,113	3rd of 3
2	Practical NursingAbout 93 graduates a year	$42,416	$55,816	$38,569	11th of 15
3	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 50 graduates a year	$37,769	Not reported	$13,905	2nd of 6
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 71 graduates a year	$32,636	Not reported	$18,137	1st of 7
5	HVACAbout 25 graduates a year	$32,550	Not reported	$18,250	4th of 5
6	AccountingAbout 120 graduates a year	$30,393	$32,651	$19,500	1st of 1
7	Electrician TrainingAbout 106 graduates a year	$30,212	Not reported	$11,977	4th of 4
8	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 11 graduates a year	$29,905	$39,141	$25,000	1st of 14
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 29 graduates a year	$28,354	$28,022	$25,000	1st of 10
10	CosmetologyAbout 41 graduates a year	$15,278	$18,493	$15,000	12th of 23

5 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$75,597
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,847
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$45,773
Business$37,206
Health and Medical Administration$33,664

Lowest median debt

Veterinary Technology$12,546
Data Processing$17,418
Design and Applied Arts$19,500
Business$22,000
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$24,500

Largest programs

NursingAbout 293 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 223 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 72 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 69 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,597 in their first year, the most of 13 Delgado Community College associate's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Louisiana rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels