2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Delaware

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 40,622 people earned their degree in elementary education, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across Delaware, there were 324 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 116 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,207 and $14,625 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality elementary education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the elementary education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Elementary Education in Delaware

#1

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry

Dover, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$8,824 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the #1 spot on the list. Delaware Technical Community College - Terry is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 106 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Delaware Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in Delaware” list. The yearly cost to attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry is $8,824 for delaware associate degree elementary teaching students.

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#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$17,220 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Elementary Teaching Schools for an Associate in Delaware list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school awarded 10 diplomas to qualified associates’s elementary teaching students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Elementary Education Associate Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Delaware is $17,220 for Delaware Associate Degree Elementary Teaching students.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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