Delaware contains six schools that offer vocational programs. Delaware State University, the highest-ranking vocational school in DE, has a total student population of 3,609 and is the 639th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 6 vocational schools in Delaware, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Wesley College comes out as the most expensive ($19,805/yr), with Delaware Technical and Community College-Stanton-Wilmington as the lowest recorded at only $4,849/yr.
Vocational students from Delaware schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Delaware alone, there are 2,700 employed middle school teachers earning an average yearly salary of $54,590. Vocational education teachers in this state earn $44,500/yr and there are 380 employed.
Also, within the vocational schools in Delaware, the average student population is 2,228 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. Aside from vocational, there are 540 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,476 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $3,732, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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