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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,021 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,765 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Delaware to see which programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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. 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 Schools in Delaware

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Liberal Arts & Humanities

$4,945 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware Technical Community College - Terry to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a degree in Delaware. Delaware Tech is a fairly 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. While working on their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at Delaware Tech accumulate an average of around $9,500 in student debt.

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 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
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 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 school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wilmington University are $11,760 per year. After completing their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates from Wilmington University carry an average student debtload of $29,995.

Wilmington University also made our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #3.

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$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Delaware State University is a great value for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. Located in the city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a medium-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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at Del State take out is $30,500.

Del State also made our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Delaware list, coming in at #4.

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$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the # 4 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. While working on their degree, liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at UD accumulate an average of around $6,500 in student debt.

UD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Schools in Delaware list.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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