Delgado Community College

615 City Park Ave, New Orleans, LA 70119

Website: Delgado Community College

Delgado Community College School Description

Delgado Community College prepares students from diverse backgrounds to attain their educational, career and personal goals, to think critically, to demonstrate leadership, and to be productive and responsible citizens. Our Mission at Delgado Community College is to provide a learning centered environment in which to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to attain their educational, career, and personal goals, to think critically, to demonstrate leadership and to be productive and responsible citizens.

Delgado Community College

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Delgado Community College is a Louisiana public community college with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area, the East and West Banks of New Orleans, the East Bank of Jefferson Parish and on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Covington and Slidell in St. Tammany Parish. The original main campus -- City Park Campus -- is located in the Navarre neighborhood adjacent to New Orleans City Park.

Delgado Community College is one of nine community colleges which operate under the auspices of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. The institution originally opened in 1921 as Delgado Trades (plural) School; it went through several reorganizations and was finally declared "Delgado Community College" by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1980, under the administration of Governor David C. Treen.

Delgado history

The College is named after its founder, the philanthropist Isaac Delgado, a 19th century immigrant from Jamaica, who became a wealthy New Orleans businessman and sugar planter. In 1909, in a codicil to his will, Delgado bequeathed the remainder of his estate to the City of New Orleans to establish a manual trade school for boys. Land was purchased for the City Park Campus. The original building on City Park Avenue was constructed and furnished by funding from the Delgado estate.

Delgado Central Trades School opened in 1921 with 1,300 boys and young men enrolled. The institution thrived in the 1920s but languished during the Great Depression, when there was inadequate funding. It was revived during World War II because of the need for technically-skilled workers in aircraft construction and maintenance and in the metal and woodworking trades. The school again fell on hard times in the 1950s.

Under the leadership of its director, Marvin E. Thames, Sr., the mission of the college changed. In 1956-1957, Tulane University made a survey of Delgado’s potential role in a changing economy. Tulane proposed that Delgado be expanded to a technical institute at the junior college level and that its main function be to provide technical training. The recommendation was adopted by the Delgado Board of Managers and the New Orleans City Council. As a result, the name of the institution was changed to Delgado Trades and Technical Institute, and a technical two-year college program was implemented. In 1960, the first graduates of Delgado Institute received their college degrees.

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Quick Facts

Location:
Southeast
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Public
Size:
Very Large (+10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 4,947
Students Receiving Aid:
69%
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Delgado Community College Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Delgado Community College Students & Campus Life

General

Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 44%
African-American 36%
Other 11%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 3%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 98%
Out-of-State 2%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Louisiana 98%
California 0%
Texas 0%
Michigan 0%
Mississippi 0%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Delgado Community College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) In-State Out-of-State  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 1,947 $ 4,947  
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 1,550 $ 4,550  
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 397 $ 397  
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 1,785 56%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 732 7%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 660 12%  
Student Loans:
$ 1,546 34%  
Any Aid:
  69%  

College Advice on Delgado Community College

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Question: Does Delgado Community College accept an "open door" policy?

For instance, high school grades really don't matter?
20 months ago

Best Answer

most community colleges have an open door policy

Question: Im transfering from another college to Delgado Community College and was wondering what an intersession..?

I was looking in the catalog (reading) and I'm not sure if intersession/mini session is (accelerated) classes that go by fast? If so I'm taking biology online but need lab hours so it would be good to take this option if possible.
20 months ago

Best Answer

Intersession classes are usually those offered between the major terms - so, for example, maybe over the winter break. They tend to meet for more hours per day, because the intersession term isn't as long as a regular term, and thus they do feel accelerated.

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