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2023 Best Value Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

2 Schools Ranked
$11,784 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$15,549 Avg Student Debt*

Today's computer science students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Best Value Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Delaware to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for computer science 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 Computer Science Associate Degree Schools in Delaware

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94 Total Awards
$11,808 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Delaware Technical Community College - Terry the best value school in Delaware for computer science students working on their associate degree. Delaware Tech is a public institution located in Dover, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 94 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delaware Tech are $11,808 per year. On average, associate degree students take out $12,683 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Delaware Tech does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 93% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delaware Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality in Delaware.

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#2

Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware
6 Total Awards
$11,760 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s value ranking, Wilmington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Castle, Delaware. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 associate degrees in 2020-2021.

Wilmington University undergraduate students pay an average of $11,760 in tuition and fees each year. Associate Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $29,571 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Wilmington University 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. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Wilmington University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Computer Science Associate Degree 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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