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by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2021-2022, 328,588 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In , education graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $46,195 and had an average of $29,274 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 1,413 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,584 and $30,298 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 418 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,355 and $24,511 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 33 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 263 bachelors’s education degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #4 spot on the list. Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 122 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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