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2023 Best Value Nursing Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,111 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Delaware to see which 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 Schools in Delaware

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

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Nursing

$4,945 Average Tuition & Fees

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $4,945 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Delaware Tech take out is $14,500.

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

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#2

Wilmington University

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

Out of the 5 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Wilmington University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Nursing majors at Wilmington University take out an average of $23,448 in student loans while working on their egree.

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

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$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

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 city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Del State are $8,358 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Del State is ranked #4 for overall quality for nursing in Delaware.

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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 nursing schools in Delaware. UD is a very large public school located in the large 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, nursing majors at UD accumulate an average of around $26,788 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $368.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UD is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in Delaware.

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#5

Wesley College

Dover, DE

The excellent programs at Wesley College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Delaware. Located in the city of Dover, Wesley College is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

On average, nursing graduates from Wesley College take out $35,000 in student loans while working on their degree. 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.

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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.

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