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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

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There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Delaware to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware
119 Total Awards
$9,060 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wilmington University the most popular school in Delaware for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 119 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Around 90% of those degree recipients were women.

Wilmington University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Wesley College

Dover, Delaware
8 Total Awards

Out of the 3 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesley College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Wesley College. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 14% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#3

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware
2 Total Awards
$18,128 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 2 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UD. In fact, around 81% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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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