Delgado Community College Business (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Business/Commerce, General
- Public college
- New Orleans, LA
- About 69 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Delgado Community College business graduates earn about what business graduates earn nationally, $37,206 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $22,000 in federal loans, more than at 83% of business programs in the country. It is one of the higher-paying business degrees in Louisiana.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Louisiana and national columns are the medians across all business associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Delgado Community College graduates earn less than the national figure but about $2,565 more than the Louisiana median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Louisiana business program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Louisiana medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 12% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $233 a month, or 7.5% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
100% of graduates (62 of 62) were working in Louisiana one year after graduating. Prices in the New Orleans area are about 7% below the national average, so a $37,206 salary here buys what about $40,181 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to business, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
General and Operations Managers
$101,790Median pay in Louisiana. 43,220 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 285,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Project Management Specialists
$84,850Median pay in Louisiana. 8,050 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 76,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Management Analysts
$95,540Median pay in Louisiana. 4,760 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 94,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Sales Managers
$110,700Median pay in Louisiana. 4,360 people work in this job in Louisiana. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 47,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Delgado Community College
Business ranks 4th of 13 associate's programs at Delgado Community College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($75,597), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($57,847), and Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($45,773).
Other business associate's programs near New Orleans
Common questions
The median graduate earns $37,206 one year after graduating and $41,632 five years after. The median across business associate's programs in Louisiana is $32,498.
The median federal loan balance is $22,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 5 business associate's programs in Louisiana. That works out to about $233 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 59% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 35%. Compare the cost with other Louisiana programs before deciding.
Most do. 100% (62 of 62) were working in Louisiana one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the business program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024