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2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,238 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 1,267 degrees and certificates from a Delaware school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Delaware to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware

Check out the nursing bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Nursing

Our analysis found Delaware Technical Community College - Terry to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Delaware. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Dover.

Delaware Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $4,945 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, nursing graduates from Delaware Tech take out $22,707 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Full Nursing at Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Report

#2

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware list. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wilmington University are $11,760 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Wilmington University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $24,871.

Wilmington University also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Del State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,358 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Del State take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $35,977.

Del State also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 4 spot on the list. UD is a very 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. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at UD take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,282. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $368.

UD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware list.

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#5

Wesley College

Dover, DE

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Wesley College is a great value for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Dover, Wesley College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at Wesley College accumulate an average of around $36,679 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $303.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wesley College is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in Delaware.

Read full report on Nursing at Wesley College

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
New Jersey 5,648
District of Columbia 990

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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