2023 Best Value Trade School Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Trade School Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Delaware to see which programs offered the best value experiences for trade school students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Trade Schools in Delaware

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Delaware Technical Community College - Terry

Dover, Delaware

1,999 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Delaware

$11,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for trade school students working on their degree. Delaware Tech is located in Dover, Delaware and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1,999 degrees to qualified students.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $11,808 per year.

Delaware Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Trade Schools in Delaware list.

Full Delaware Technical Community College - Terry Report

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

6,477 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Delaware

$37,930 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great place for trade school students who want to get the most value for their educational dollar. UD is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a large population, and it awarded 6,477 degrees in 2021-2022.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $37,930 per year.

UD not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Trade Schools in Delaware list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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