If you plan on majoring in education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #4 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Education Schools in Delaware ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,413 degrees in education to qualified students.
The education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Education Schools in Delaware.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the education degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is hard to beat University of Delaware if you want to pursue a degree in education. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UD is a great university overall.
There were about 401 education students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, education degree recipients generally earn an average of $51,472 at the beginning of their careers.
Any student who is interested in education has to check out Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. Located in the city of Dover, Delaware Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 2nd out of 3 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were about 152 education students who graduated with this degree at Delaware Tech in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the education program report average early career wages of $25,289.
Wilmington University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in education. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of New Castle. This university ranks 3rd out of 3 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were approximately 781 education students who graduated with this degree at Wilmington University in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the education degree program at Wilmington University get $9,094 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The education program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
