Delta College West
Lake Charles, Louisiana · Also known as Avery James · Website
$18,360
net price a year, after grants
$18,360
net price a year, after grants
Delta College West is a for-profit under 2-year college in Lake Charles, Louisiana with 78 undergraduates. Its average net price after grants is $18,360 a year. 29% of students finish within 150% of the normal time. Graduates leave with a median $9,573 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$18,360
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
29%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
$9,573
About $101 a month
Earnings at 10 years
-
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $18,360
- Cost of attendance
- $23,212
- Students with a need-based grant
- 91%
- Students with federal loans
- 78%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $18,064
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $15,817
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $18,186
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $23,212
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $23,212
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 78
- Part-time students
- 0%
- Women
- 100%
- Students per teacher
- 20
- Completion rate
- 29%
- Retention rate
- 41%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 1
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | LA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $18,360 | $14,810 | $18,528 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $9,181 | $15,471 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 78% | 90% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 29% | 57% | 75% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 41% | 71% | 83% | 75% |
| Median debt | $9,573 | $13,136 | $9,024 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $19,236 | $27,631 | $22,020 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $32,992 | $25,418 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US for-profit under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
1 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 20 | $6,254 | $11,718 | $22,068 | $26,307 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Delta College West cost?
$18,360 a year is the average net price at Delta College West after grants and scholarships., and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $23,212. Families earning under $30,000 pay $18,064 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Delta College West?
Delta College West has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
How much student debt do Delta College West graduates have?
$9,573 is the median federal student loan debt of Delta College West graduates, about $101 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 78% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Delta College West?
29% of first-time, full-time students at Delta College West finish within 150% of the normal time. 41% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of for-profit under 2-year colleges is 75%.
What are the most popular majors at Delta College West?
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services (20 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 1 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.