by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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 “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in nursing. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in nursing.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s list. This fairly large school is located in New Castle, Delaware, and it awarded 119 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wesley College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Nursing Major in Delaware for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #3 spot on the 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 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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