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Delta College Data & Information Overview

29 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
Find out more about how Delta College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Delta College Ranked?

#781 Best Colleges in Nation
#19 Best Colleges in MI
General Studies Highest Ranked Major
Value Badge

2025 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Delta College was awarded 29 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general studies.

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Overall Quality

Delta College is ranked #781 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Delta College held the #1,187 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Out of the 56 colleges in Michigan, Delta College is ranked at #19.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Delta College?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Delta College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

Learn more about Delta College admissions.

Delta College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Delta College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Delta College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Delta College

64% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Delta College is 64%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  64 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Delta College.

Delta College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,383 Full-Time Undergraduates
17.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
60.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,954 undergraduates at Delta College with 2,383 being full-time and 4,571 being part-time.

How Much Does Delta College Cost?

$3,828 Net Price
9% Take Out Loans
$17,912 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Delta College is $3,828. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Delta College

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$1,847$2,258$5,711$8,920$10,901

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Delta College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Delta College, approximately 9% of students took out student loans averaging $4,478 a year. That adds up to $17,912 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Delta College Graduates Make?

$37,781 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Delta College with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $37,781 in their early years. Unfortunately, this is 23% less that the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Delta College make the most money.

Location of Delta College

Michigan State
2,383 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in University Center, Michigan, Delta College is a public institution. The rural area surrounding Delta College is great for students who love a peaceful atmosphere.

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Contact details for Delta College are given below.

Contact Details
Address:1961 Delta Road, University Center, MI 48710
Phone:989-686-9000
Website:https://www.delta.edu/

Delta College Majors

56 Majors With Completions
2,078 Undergraduate Degrees
2,078 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 56 majors graduated from Delta College. Of these students, 2,078 received undergraduate degrees and 2,078 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies413NA
Nursing132NA
Precision Metal Working54NA
Allied Health Professions48NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections36NA
Health & Medical Administrative Services31NA
Human Development & Family Studies30NA
Business Administration & Management28NA
Dental Support Services22NA
Entrepreneurial Studies21NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Delta College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Delta College

67% Take At Least One Class Online
35% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 4,740 students took at least one online class at Delta College. This is an increase from the 4,629 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20234,7402,493
2021-20224,6292,259
2020-20216,1633,683
2018-20192,507854

Learn more about online learning at Delta College.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

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