2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education in Delaware

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 443 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,355 and $27,084 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular education programs in the United States.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 4 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Education in Delaware

1

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

#1 overall quality in Delaware

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. UD is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 243 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Education at UD

2

Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

#3 overall quality in Delaware

Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wilmington University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in New Castle, Delaware. It awarded 128 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Education at Wilmington University

3

Delaware State University
Dover, Delaware

#4 overall quality in Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delaware State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Del State Education Report

4

Wesley College
Dover, Delaware

#5 overall quality in Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesley College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Education at Wesley College

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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