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2023 Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Delaware

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$4,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,043 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants School for You

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Delaware to see which programs offered the best value experiences for practical nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Delaware

Check out the practical nursing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing & Nursing Assistants

$4,945 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware Technical Community College - Terry to be the best value school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a degree in Delaware. Located in the city of Dover, Delaware Tech is a public college with a large student population.

Delaware Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $4,945 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that practical nursing majors at Delaware Tech take out is $16,532.

Delaware Tech also made our Best Nursing & Nursing Assistants Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Dawn Career Institute LLC

Wilmington, DE

The excellent programs at Dawn Career Institute LLC helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best practical nursing and nursing assistants schools in Delaware. Located in the large suburb of Wilmington, Dawn Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Polytech Adult Education

Woodside, DE

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Polytech Adult Education is a great value for practical nursing and nursing assistants students. Polytech Adult Education is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Woodside.

While working on their degree, practical nursing majors at Polytech Adult Education accumulate an average of around $12,009 in student debt.

Full Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Polytech Adult Education Report

Best Value Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 97
New York 0

Practical Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Majors Similar to Practical Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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