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

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #5 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing in Delaware ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 48 doctor's degrees in nursing to qualified students.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

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.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in Delaware

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Nursing 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

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Wilmington University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Delaware. More information about a doctorate in nursing from Wilmington University

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

8 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 want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing. UD is a very large public university located in the suburb of Newark. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing in Delaware. More information about a doctorate in nursing from University of Delaware

 

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	183	203
Pennsylvania	176	451
Maryland	114	190
New Jersey	113	206
District of Columbia	81	35

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Nursing Related Rankings by Major

Nursing is one of 30 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	47
Nursing Science	1

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	58

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.