2024 Best Schools for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware

With all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a degree. College Factual has developed its Best Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware ranking as one thing you can use to help make this decision. You may be surprised that some normally high-priced schools offer very generous financial aid packages to those who qualify.

In This Year's Value Report:

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Finding Your Best College Match

Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Delaware to determine which ones have the best value programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best value schools. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.

Our Methodology

To calculate the value of a school in our Best Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware ranking, we first consider its average net price of students from families making $0-$30k a year. The net price is the sum of room and board, tuition, and fees minus any financial aid that that the student receives. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how much it costs.

To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.

More Rankings to View

You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.

To get a better picture of the best value schools for your income range or for whether or not you'll receive aid, click on one of the tiles above. You may also want to narrow this list by location to find the best value schools nearest you. In addition, we've put together a number of other college rankings that may help you in your search.

Know what field you want to major in? Make sure you check out our best value schools by major. In addition, you can select one of the links below to see the best value colleges for other degree levels.

• Best Associate Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware
• Best Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware
• Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware
• Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware

Best Value Schools (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

1

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry
Dover, Delaware

#2 Quality Rank in DE

$7,932 Average Net Price (With Aid)

41% Discount Rate

Our 2024 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value (income $0-$30k) school in Delaware. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public school situated in Dover, Delaware.

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry has the honor of being ranked #2 in Delaware for overall quality on top of being a good value. The average yearly net price for a student whose family makes $0-$30k per year is $7,932.

Read full value report on Delaware Technical Community College - Terry

2

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

#1 Quality Rank in DE

$13,485 Average Net Price (With Aid)

53% Discount Rate

Out of the 3 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a large public school located in Newark, Delaware.

In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, University of Delaware is ranked #1 for quality in the state of Delaware. Students from families who make $0-$30k a year pay an annual average net price of $13,485.

Learn More About Value at University of Delaware

3

Wilmington University
New Castle, Delaware

#3 Quality Rank in DE

$14,582 Average Net Price (With Aid)

18% Discount Rate

A rank of #3 on our Best Colleges for the Money (Income $0-$30k) in Delaware list means Wilmington University is a great place for students working on their degree. This fairly large private not-for-profit school is located in New Castle, Delaware.

Not only is Wilmington University a great value, but it is also ranked #3 in Delaware for overall quality. The average yearly net price for a student whose family makes $0-$30k per year is $14,582.

Full Wilmington University Value Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
• 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.