2023 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 443 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,691 and $21,410 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s”.
Top 2 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Delaware
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s list. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 78 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Del State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking.Among the 4,739 students enrolled at Del State, 152 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,378. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilmington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Delaware for Public Administration & Social Service for a Master’s list. Located in New Castle, Delaware, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 62 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2020-2021.
Wilmington University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 37 of the 14,769 students enrolled at Wilmington University were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,088. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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.
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