2027 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools in Delaware

[Liberal Arts](/majors/liberal-arts-sciences-humanities/liberal-arts-and-general-studies/liberal-arts/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2027 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools to find the best return on investment for liberal arts students.
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2027 Best Value Liberal Arts Schools in Delaware
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in liberal arts, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Liberal Arts Schools
Delaware Technical Community College Terry tops our 2027 list of the best value liberal arts schools in Delaware. Delaware Technical Community College Terry is a large public school located in the city of Dover. In-state tuition and fees average $2,332, while out-of-state students pay about $5,763. Typical student debt for liberal arts graduates is $10,275. Early-career liberal arts graduates make about $43,322. That is a strong return on a $10,275 median debt.
The strong cost-to-outcome balance at Wilmington University earned it the #2 place for liberal arts. Wilmington University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Castle. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $12,630. Liberal Arts graduates carry a median of $27,736 in student loans. Early-career liberal arts graduates make about $41,066. Weighed against typical debt, the earnings make a compelling case for value.
Students looking for strong value in liberal arts will find it at University Of Delaware, which ranked #3. University Of Delaware is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark. Expect in-state tuition and fees of around $16,810, while out-of-state students pay about $41,400. Students borrow a median of $6,500 to complete the liberal arts program here. Soon after graduation, liberal arts degree recipients from University Of Delaware generally make around $13,833. Set against $6,500 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Roughly 71% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2027 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 3 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 3 ranked schools only.
- 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.