by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Education is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 4th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 327,871 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 1,363 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,584 and $22,097 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 112 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $85,772 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in education. That schools that top this list have a program in education in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware” list to help you make the college decision.
You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Castle, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 75 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Delaware State University is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 14 doctorate’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Education Major in Delaware list. University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 doctorate’s education degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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