2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Delaware
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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.
The Best Value Nursing Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Delaware to see which 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.
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Our analysis found Delaware Technical Community College - Terry to be the best value school for nursing students in Delaware. Located in Dover, Delaware, the fairly large public school handed out 472 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. During the early years of their career, Delaware Tech graduates make an average of $35,255 annually.
Delaware Tech also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in Delaware rankings.
Out of the 4 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in New Castle, Delaware, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 571 degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 a year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,904 in student loans. Once they receive their degree, Wilmington University graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $52,115 during the early year of their career.
Wilmington University also made our Best Nursing Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #3.
Out of the 4 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 3 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a large public school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 193 degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $36,880 per year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,866 in student loans. Those who take out this much in loans have to make a monthly payment of about $545 if they are on a 10-year repayment plan. Once they receive their degree, UD graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $46,231 during the early year of their career.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UD is ranked #2 for overall quality in Delaware.
Out of the 4 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesley College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 56 diplomas to qualifed students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Wesley College are $0 a year. By the time they get their degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $36,679 in student loans. For those students on a 10-year repayment plan, the average payment due each month is around $303. During the early years of their career, Wesley College graduates make an average of $34,600 annually.
Wesley College also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Schools in Delaware rankings.
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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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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