2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Delaware

Ranked #8 in popularity, nursing practice is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the most popular for nursing practice students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 doctor's degrees in nursing practice during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for nursing practice.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing Practice in Delaware

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing practice.

Most Well Attended Schools for Nursing Practice Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

40 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wilmington University is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in Delaware. More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Wilmington University

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Delaware if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice. UD is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Newark. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in Delaware. More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Delaware

 

Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Practice Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	374	54
Pennsylvania	303	211
Maryland	179	136
New Jersey	158	32
District of Columbia	144	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing Practice

One of 22 majors within the Nursing area of study, Nursing Practice has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing Practice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Science	1

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.