2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 40,555 people earned their degree in information technology, making the major the 42nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, information technology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,525 and had an average of $26,794 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 399 information technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,287 and $31,119 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in information technology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great information technology programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the information technology program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 20 masters’s IT degrees in 2020-2021.
UD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” list.Of the 23,613 students enrolled at UD, 364 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 188 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,229. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for IT for a Master’s. Located in New Castle, Delaware, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 213 diplomas to qualified masters’s IT students in 2020-2021.
Wilmington University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking.According to our most recent data, Wilmington University supports 14,769 students, and 37 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 30 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,088. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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Notes and References
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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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