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2023 Most Popular Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Delaware

8 Schools Ranked
$4,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Delaware ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Delaware to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Dawn Career Institute LLC

Newark, Delaware
208 Total Awards

Our analysis found Dawn Career Institute LLC to be the most popular school for trade school students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Delaware. Dawn Career Institute is a private for-profit institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 208 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.

Dawn Career Institute does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.

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#2

Polytech Adult Education

Woodside, Delaware
143 Total Awards

The excellent basic certificate programs at Polytech Adult Education helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Delaware. Polytech Adult Education is located in Woodside, Delaware and has a very small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 143 basic certificates to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.

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86 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Massage and Bodywork. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Delaware list. Academy of Massage and Bodywork is a very small private for-profit school located in Bear, Delaware that handed out 86 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 90% were women.

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63 Total Awards

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Schilling-Douglas School of Hair Design LLC is a great place for trade school students working on their basic certificate. Located in Newark, Delaware, the very small private for-profit school awarded 63 diplomas to qualifed basic certificate students in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 97% were women.

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66 Total Awards
$4,945 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware Technical Community College - Terry landed the # 5 spot on the list. Dover, Delaware is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 66 students in 2021-2022.

The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Delaware Tech is $4,945. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $11,808. Around 26% of those degree recipients were women.

Some students may be able to take online classes at Delaware Tech. In 2020-2021 about 43% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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67 Total Awards

With a ranking of #6, Delaware Learning Institute of Cosmetology did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for trade school students working on their basic certificate. Located in Dagsboro, Delaware, the very small private for-profit school handed out 67 basic certificate awards in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

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8 Total Awards

Paul Mitchell the School Delaware came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Delaware ranking. Paul Mitchell the School Delaware is a private for-profit institution located in Newark, Delaware. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 8 basic certificates in 2021-2022.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

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Hair Academy School of Barbering & Beauty ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Delaware list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 8 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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