2023 Best Colleges in Delaware
5
Colleges
$48,561
Avg Salary*
32%
Avg 4-Year Grad Rate*
When pursuing a degree in today's world, there are many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Top Delaware Colleges ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
After analyzing 5 schools in Delaware, we came up with our list of those that offered the highest quality education. Our ranking methodology focuses on over 20 different objective factors - such as graduation rate, post graduate earnings, and a school's average expenditure per student - to make this determination.
Learn more about our ranking methodology.
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Top Colleges in Delaware
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
University of Delaware tops this year’s ranking as the best school in Delaware for overall quality. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6,312 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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% Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from UD go into careers with an average salary of $67,298 during the early years of their career.
Full University of Delaware Report
Out of the 5 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the #2 spot on the list.Dover, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,953 students in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from Delaware Tech go into careers with an average salary of $37,143 during the early years of their career.
Full Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Colleges in Delaware list.New Castle, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 3,857 students in 2020-2021.
Those who receive a bachelor’s degree from Wilmington University go into careers with an average salary of $48,187 during the early years of their career.
Read full report on Wilmington University
A rank of #4 on our Best Colleges in Delaware list means Delaware State University is a great place for students working on their bachelor’s degree. Del State is a medium-sized public school situated in Dover, Delaware. It awarded 776 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
During the early years of their career, graduates from Del State make an average of $42,994 a year.
Read full report on Delaware State University
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Wesley College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Delaware. Wesley College is located in Dover, Delaware and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 285 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergradutates.
With a student-to-faculty rate of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The average salary of a graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Wesley College is $47,181 during the early years of their career.
Full Wesley College Report
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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