2024 Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

General Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #12 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 77 master's degrees in general education during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general education students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general education students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general education to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general education students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Education Master's Degree Schools in Delaware list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Education in Delaware

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general education.

Top Delaware Schools for a Master's in Education

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

3 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in general education has to look into University of Delaware. UD is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Newark.More information about a master’s in general education from University of Delaware

2

Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

73 Annual Graduates

$54,513 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Wilmington University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in general education. Located in the large suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Soon after graduation, education master's recipients generally earn an average of $54,513 in their early careers.

More information about a master’s in general education from Wilmington University

Best General Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	261	171
Pennsylvania	248	763
Maryland	193	1,062
New Jersey	188	359
District of Columbia	154	19

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Rankings in Majors Related to Education

One of 14 majors within the Education area of study, General Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Education	77

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Educational Administration	171
Special Education	155
Student Counseling	73
Instructional Media Design	41
Teaching English or French	32
Teacher Education Grade Specific	29
Teacher Education Subject Specific	27
Curriculum & Instruction	11
Other Education	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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