10-yr median earnings
Not reported
Federal aid recipients only
Public · Woodside, Delaware
Polytech Adult Education
Polytech Adult Education is a public institution in Woodside, Delaware. as a public institution, published Scorecard outcomes are the federal Title-IV cohort view of former students — not every graduate and not a guarantee for any one enrollee.
- 73.5%
- 150%-time completion
Suburb: Midsize
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Polytech Adult Education profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class, and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
B+
College Value Score
76/100
Polytech Adult Education
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings N/A
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10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
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Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate B+
73.5%
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
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Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment N/A
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Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
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First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
73.5%
Full-time, first-time cohort
150%-time completion vs portal median (57.1%) 73.5%
Less-than-four-year-institution cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Polytech Adult Education vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Quick Facts
590
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
73.5%
150%-time completion
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10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Polytech Adult Education ranks in Delaware
State rank among 14 reporting Delaware colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Polytech Adult Education | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 150%-time completion | 73.5% | #4 of 11 | 64th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 590 | #6 of 15 | 60th |
Highest former-student earnings in Delaware
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Delaware | $72,950 | $17,799 |
| 2 | Margaret H Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center | $72,380 | - |
| 3 | Goldey-Beacom College | $59,892 | $15,554 |
| 4 | Wilmington University | $53,844 | $15,644 |
| 5 | Delaware State University | $49,307 | $13,910 |
| 6 | Delaware Technical Community College-Terry | $41,448 | $11,578 |
| 7 | Delaware Technical Community College-Owens | $41,448 | - |
| 8 | Delaware Technical Community College-Stanton/Wilmington | $41,448 | - |
| 9 | Strayer University-Delaware | $40,092 | $22,593 |
| 10 | Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware | $32,242 | $16,753 |
| 11 | Academy of Massage and Bodywork | $31,204 | - |
| 12 | Dawn Career Institute LLC | $30,429 | $14,839 |
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
Outcomes
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 73.5% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | 60 | $58,716 | - |
Nearby Schools
Delaware State University
Dover, DE
4,398 students
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover, DE
10,867 students
All In The Wrist Barber Academy
Smyrna, DE
21 students
Margaret H Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center
Lewes, DE
51 students
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Vineland, NJ
2,074 students
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the graduation rate at Polytech Adult Education? ▼
Polytech Adult Education has a 73.5% completion rate within 150% of normal program time at a less-than-four-year institution.
Sources & methodology
Public-college profiles lean on IPEDS enrollment and Scorecard Title-IV outcomes. State appropriations are outside this page; the figures below are the federal cohort measures only.
Every number is read live from the Mar–Jul 2026 Scorecard/IPEDS retrievals. Public institutions often enroll large Title-IV cohorts, so medians can be stable — still cohort averages, never a personal forecast. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Polytech Adult Education
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