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2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$19,682 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,274 Avg Student Debt*

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Teaching Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Delaware to see which ones offered the best value programs for teaching students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Teaching Schools in Delaware

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148 Total Awards
$11,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware Technical Community College - Terry to be the best value school for teaching students in Delaware. Located in Dover, Delaware, the fairly large public school handed out 148 degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $11,808 a year. On average, students take out $13,523 in loans while pursuing their degree.After graduating from Delaware Tech, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $35,255 during the early years of their career.

Delaware Tech also took the #2 spot in our Best Teaching Schools in Delaware rankings.

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#2

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware
74 Total Awards
$18,280 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Delaware list. Del State is located in Dover, Delaware and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 74 degrees to qualified students.

Del State undergraduate students pay an average of $18,280 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,898 in student loans. If you borrow this amount, expect your monthly student loan payment to be around $453, assuming you are on a 10-year repayment plan.After graduating from Del State, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $40,156 during the early years of their career.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Del State is ranked #4 for overall quality in Delaware.

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#3

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware
709 Total Awards
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out degrees to 709 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 per year. On average, students take out $27,904 in loans while pursuing their degree. During the early years of their career, Wilmington University graduates make an average of $52,115 annually.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wilmington University is ranked #3 for overall quality in Delaware.

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#4

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
395 Total Awards
$36,880 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Schools in Delaware list. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 395 degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 a year. On average, students take out $21,866 in loans while pursuing their degree. For those students on a 10-year repayment plan, the average payment due each month is around $545. Once they receive their degree, UD graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $46,231 during the early year of their career.

UD not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Teaching Schools in Delaware list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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