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. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received their degree, making the major the 2nd most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, health professions graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $47,927 and had an average of $20,846 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 2,741 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,365 and $17,142 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,237 health professions graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,355 and $27,084 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in health professions. To top this list, a school must have a successful health professions program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The health professions 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 Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s”.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware bachelor’s degree health professions students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilmington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Castle, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 516 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s. Newark, Delaware is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s health professions degrees to 512 students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the #3 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 94 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wesley College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s list. Wesley College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a small population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s list. Del State is located in Dover, Delaware and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 45 bachelors’s health professions degrees to qualified students.
Goldey - Beacom College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Health Professions Major in Delaware for a Bachelor’s list. Goldey - Beacom College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilmington, Delaware. It awarded 7 bachelors’s health professions degrees in 2020-2021.
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