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2023 Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,594 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$115,233 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Doctor's Degree School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Delaware. With 174 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Delaware to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for nursing 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 Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Nursing

#1

Wilmington University

New Castle, DE

Our analysis found Wilmington University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Delaware. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wilmington University are $9,060 per year.

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

Read full report on Nursing at Wilmington University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great value for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UD also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in Delaware rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
Maryland 922
New Jersey 691
District of Columbia 534

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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