Delta College Overview
Delta College is a public institution located in University Center, Michigan. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.
What Is Delta College Known For?
- The undergraduate certificate is the highest award offered at Delta College.
- For the 2019-2020 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
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Delta College Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Delta College.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Delta College has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#19 | Best Value Colleges for Dental Support Services | College Factual |
#39 | Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools | Nursing Degree Search |
#69 | Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities | College Factual |
#69 | Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts General Studies | College Factual |
#71 | Best Value Colleges for Allied Health Professions | College Factual |
#149 | Best Value Colleges for Health Professions | College Factual |
Where Is Delta College?

Contact details for Delta College are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 1961 Delta Road, University Center, MI 48710 |
Phone: | 989-686-9000 |
Website: | www.delta.edu |
How Do I Get Into Delta College?
You can apply to Delta College online at: https://www.delta.edu/apply/
Can I Afford Delta College?
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Delta College, approximately 16% of students took out student loans averaging $4,133 a year. That adds up to $16,532 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Delta College is 10.0%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
Delta College Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity
Of the 2,383 full-time undergraduates at Delta College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Delta College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 16 |
Black or African American | 128 |
Hispanic or Latino | 180 |
White | 1,885 |
International Students | 6 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 168 |
Over 14 countries are represented at Delta College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Bangladesh.
Online Learning at Delta College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Delta College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 11th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Online Growth Rankings of Delta College
The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Delta College was 258.6%. This is the #239 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Delta College regardless of major.
The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Delta College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.
Major | 1-Year Growth Rate |
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Computer Information Systems | 33% |
Criminal Justice & Corrections | 14% |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting | 7% |
The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Delta College ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Delta College.
When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.
Delta College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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