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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$10,575 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,682 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts / sciences and humanities was ranked 6th in Delaware. In fact, 649 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Delaware to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware

Check out the liberal arts / sciences and humanities associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Liberal Arts & Humanities

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their associate degree. 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delaware Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality for liberal arts / sciences and humanities in Delaware.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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 Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware list. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Wilmington University are $11,760 a year.

Wilmington University also took the #4 spot in our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Out of the 3 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 3 spot on the list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $15,020 per year.

UD also made our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Associate Degree Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Delaware

Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 9,619
Pennsylvania 3,589
New York 19,150
Maryland 9,515
District of Columbia 145

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

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 Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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