by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
With 322,592 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 1,296 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,111 and $24,934 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,559 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing.
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The nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique 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 colleges and universities below are the best for delaware master’s degree nursing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware. Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Castle, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 119 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Wesley College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Dover, Delaware, and it awarded 8 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Delaware list. University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
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