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Public Community College

Delaware Technical
Community College-Terry

Public Community College in Dover, DE. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $41,448.

Verdict Mixed outcomes
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry · Campus
Median earnings · 10 yr
$41,448
Median debt at grad
$10,500
Graduation rate
22.5%
Federal loan default
0%

Students who entered Delaware Technical Community College-Terry reach a median of $41,448 a decade later, a figure that trails the typical four-year outcome. Completion is the weak point: 23% graduate within six years. Median debt at graduation is $10,500, a light load against those earnings.

Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.

Green Flags
  • Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
  • 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Red Flags
  • ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average

Academics

Full-time retention
Transfer-out rate
7%
Student:faculty
13:1

Only 23% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. At 13:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. With 13,453 undergraduates, this is a large institution — expect the administrative scale and the range of offerings that come with it.

Financial Aid

Average net price
$11,195
Full-time, first-time undergraduates paying the in-state rate who were awarded grant or scholarship aid
% receiving grants
66%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
% receiving federal loans
17%
degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,102 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates

Students pay an average of $11,195 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($10,934 versus $14,968), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 66% get grants averaging $3,485, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Only 17% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.

Entering first-year students

A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.

% receiving grants
85%
Average grant
$5,330

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,627 students

Net price by family income

The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.

Family income band Average net price
$0–30k $10,934
$30–48k $10,973
$48–75k $12,317
$75–110k $14,178
$110k+ $14,968

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Federal student loans went to 1,852 of these 11,102 students, totalling $11,423,098 — an average of $6,168 each.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Local housing costs

Typical rents near campus (Kent County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.

Studio
$1,158/mo
1 bedroom
$1,165/mo
2 bedroom (whole unit)
$1,470/mo

HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026

Veterans & GI Bill

GI Bill students
215
Yellow Ribbon
No
Principles of Excellence
Yes

VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)

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How we evaluate Delaware Technical Community College-Terry

IPEDS
US Department of Education
College Scorecard
Post-grad earnings
Census PSEO
Earnings by major
Opportunity Insights
Mobility by institution
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