by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Doctorate” 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 44 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $85,772 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in nursing. To top this list, a school must have a successful nursing program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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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 “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Doctorate”.
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 doctor’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 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Doctorate. Wilmington University is a fairly large school located in New Castle, Delaware that handed out 37 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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