2024 Best Schools for the Money (No Aid) in Delaware for Associate Degrees

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After analyzing 3 schools in Delaware, we came up with our list of those that offered the best value Associate Degree programs. To come up with this ranking of the best value schools, we look at factors that are all objective measurements. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.

Our Methodology

To determine the value of a school in our Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware ranking, we first add average tuition, fees, and room and board costs (without aid) together. But, a school that excels in providing value for your money must also be a great school overall as well.

To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

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Want to see the list of best value schools for families with specific income levels or whether or not aid is being applied? Click on one of the tiles above. If you'd rather work on your degree in a specific area of the country, you might be interested in our rankings by place. Also, you may want to check out our other college rankings.

If you know what major you want to study, check out our list of the best value schools by major. If you're interested in other degree levels, you can view one of the lists below.

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware
• Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware
• Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware

Best Value Associate Degree Schools (No Aid) in Delaware

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Dover, Delaware

#2 Quality Rank in DE

$4,945 Average Tution & Fees

$8,400 Off Campus Room & Board

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry tops this year’s ranking as the best value (no aid) school for associate degrees in Delaware for overall quality. Delaware Tech is located in Dover, Delaware and has a fairly large student population. It is a public school.

In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry is ranked #2 for quality in the state of Delaware. The average cost without aid for the school is $13,345 a year for undergraduates.

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2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

#1 Quality Rank in DE

$15,020 Average Tution & Fees

$13,742 On Campus Room & Board

A rank of #2 on our Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware list means University of Delaware is a great place for students working on their degree. University of Delaware is a large public school located in Newark, Delaware.

Not only is University of Delaware a great value, but it is also ranked #1 in Delaware for overall quality. The average cost without aid for the school is $28,762 a year for undergraduates.

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Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

#3 Quality Rank in DE

$11,760 Average Tution & Fees

$6,000 Off Campus Room & Board

The quality degree programs at Wilmington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money in Delaware. New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. It is a private not-for-profit school.

Not only is Wilmington University a great value, but it is also ranked #3 in Delaware for overall quality. The average cost for undergraduates to attend the school if you don’t receive any aid is $17,760 a year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

• 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).
• 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%.

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