Major Programs at Delta State

As of 2026, Delta State University offers 58 degree programs through Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 23 programs can be conferred by distance learning.

At the school, the Business Administration and Management Master program has the most completers of 94 and the Teacher Education, Multiple Levels Master program has the second most completers of 62 students.

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Degree Programs Overview

A total of 851 students completed certificate or degree programs between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024 at Delta State. 413 students completed bachelor's programs and 400 completed master's programs.

The following table summarizes the number of major programs by offered degrees with number of completers( graduates ) at Delta State. It only includes students who completed a program as the first major.

Total Number of Programs and Completers By Degree
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Completers
	Total Programs	Online Programs	Total	Men	Women
Bachelor's	34	2	413	177	236
Master's	17	15	400	99	301
Doctor's	2	2	30	6	24
Post-Graduate Certificate	1	1	1	-	1
At least 12-weeks but less than 1-Year Certificate	3	2	7	7	-
At least 1 but less than 4 years Certificate	1	1	-	-	-

Programs with Highest Earning After Graduation

The following table lists the best programs with the highest salary after graduation from Delta State University. Note that the average salary and debt is based on 2020 data from College Scorecard.

Master

Master Programs - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study	Average Salary (2020)		Average Loan Debt
Field of Study	Yearly	Monthly	Yearly	Monthly
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$46,410	$3,868	$26,702	$304

Popular Programs with Most Completers

Following programs are popular with most enrolled students at Delta State University.

At the school, the Business Administration and Management Master program has the most completers of 94 and the Teacher Education, Multiple Levels Master program has the second most completers of 62 students.

Bachelor

Popular Bachelor Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	47	7	40
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	42	27	15
Business/Commerce	32	23	9
Elementary Education and Teaching	31	-	31
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	22	5	17
Biology/Biological Sciences	22	4	18
Visual and Performing Arts	21	8	13
Business Administration and Management	20	10	10
Psychology	16	4	12
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	15	12	3

Master

Popular Master Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Business Administration and Management	94	28	66
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	62	8	54
Educational Leadership and Administration	61	9	52
Elementary Education and Teaching	45	2	43
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	30	5	25
Curriculum and Instruction	24	2	22
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	21	12	9
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	15	15	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	13	7	6
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	10	6	4

Doctoral

Popular Doctoral Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Education	9	3	6

1-Year Cert.

Popular 1-Year Cert. Programs
Field of Study	Number of Completers	Men	Women
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	7	7	-

Field of Study by Degree and Number of Completers

Below tables describes the major programs by offered degrees. You can check the online learning availability of each programs with number of completers. By expanding each table, you can view the major programs in the area of study that you select.

Education

What is Work and Family Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	24^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	61^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Elementary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	31	45^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	62^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Social Studies Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

What is English Language and Literature program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

What is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

What is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
General Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

What is Mathematics and Statistics program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

What is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Mathematics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

What is Physical Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

What is Psychology program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Chemistry	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

What is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	16	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

What is Human Services program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	13^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Corrections and Criminal Justice (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

What is Social Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Work	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

What is Transportation and Materials Moving program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	7^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	10^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Transportation and Materials Moving

What is Visual and Performing Arts program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

What is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Visual and Performing Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Digital Arts	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Intermedia/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

What is Business program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	47	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	0
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	21^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	8^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Business

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	94^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

What is History program?

	Certificate	Associate's	Bachelor's	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	32^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	20	94^ONLINE	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	9	0	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Finance	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

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