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2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$19,682 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,278 Avg Student Debt*

With all the nursing 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Delaware to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for 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. 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.

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

Top Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware

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94 Total Awards
$11,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Delaware Tech is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 94 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $11,808 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,707 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Delaware Tech. During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delaware Tech is ranked #2 for overall quality in Delaware.

Full Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Report

#2

Wilmington University

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 415 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,817 in student loans.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Wilmington University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 85% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Wilmington University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware list.

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#3

Delaware State University

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

Out of the 5 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s value ranking, Delaware State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Del State is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 28 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Del State undergraduate students pay an average of $18,280 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,898 in student loans.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Del State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 66% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

Del State also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

Full Delaware State University Report

#4

University of Delaware

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

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great place for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 184 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $36,880 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,219 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at UD. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.

UD also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

Full University of Delaware Report

#5

Wesley College

Dover, Delaware
47 Total Awards
$36,679 Avg Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wesley College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 47 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Wesley College undergraduate students pay an average of $0 in tuition and fees each year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $36,679 in loans while pursuing their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Wesley College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

Wesley College also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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