2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 129,869 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general studies is the 5th most popular major in the United States.

Across Delaware, there were 474 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 474 general studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,270 and $13,625 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in general studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best for delaware associate degree general studies students.

Top 4 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in Delaware

1

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Dover, Delaware

#2 overall quality in Delaware

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware list. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s general studies degrees to 170 students in 2020-2021.

Full Delaware Technical Community College - Terry General Studies Report

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

#1 overall quality in Delaware

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. UD is a large school located in Newark, Delaware that handed out 292 associates’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. 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%.

Read more about General Studies at UD

3

Goldey - Beacom College
Wilmington, Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goldey - Beacom College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware. Goldey - Beacom College is located in Wilmington, Delaware and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 associates’s general studies degrees to qualified students.

Full Goldey - Beacom College General Studies Report

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Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

#3 overall quality in Delaware

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wilmington University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on General Studies Major in Delaware. Wilmington University is a fairly large school located in New Castle, Delaware that handed out 0 associates’s general studies degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Studies at Wilmington University

• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.