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2023 Best Value Education Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$50,584 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Delaware. With 1,352 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Schools in Delaware ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Delaware to see which ones offered the best value programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Schools in Delaware

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

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Education

$4,945 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for education students. Delaware Tech is a large public school located in the small city of Dover.

Delaware Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $4,945 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, education graduates from Delaware Tech take out $9,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

Delaware Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Education Schools in Delaware list.

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$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Schools in Delaware list. Located in the city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Del State are $8,358 per year. On average, education graduates from Del State take out $25,651 in student loans while working on their degree.

Del State also made our Best Education Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #4.

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#3

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Wilmington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Delaware. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 per year. While working on their degree, education majors at Wilmington University accumulate an average of around $21,439 in student debt.

Wilmington University also made our Best Education Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #3.

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$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Delaware helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Delaware. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

UD undergraduate students pay an average of $15,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, education majors at UD accumulate an average of around $25,551 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $441.

UD also took the #1 spot in our Best Education Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 5,729
Pennsylvania 12,364
New York 24,330
Maryland 5,361
District of Columbia 930

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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