2023 Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best General Education Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 134 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Delaware college or university. This makes it the #28 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value General Education Master's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Delaware to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Education

#1

Delaware State University

Dover, DE

1 Master's Degrees

#3 in Quality in Delaware

$5,510 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware State University the best value school in Delaware for general education students working on their master’s degree. Del State is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Dover.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Del State are $5,510 per year.

Del State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware list.

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#2

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

73 Master's Degrees

#2 in Quality in Delaware

$9,060 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. Wilmington University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Castle.

Wilmington University graduate students pay an average of $9,060 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wilmington University is ranked #2 for overall quality for education in Delaware.

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#3

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

3 Master's Degrees

#1 in Quality in Delaware

$18,128 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UD also took the #1 spot in our Best General Education Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Notes and References

*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 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 KOKUYO.

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