Polytech Adult Education
Woodside, Delaware · Website
Polytech Adult Education is a public under 2-year college in Woodside, Delaware with 590 undergraduates. 70% of students finish within 150% of the normal time.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
-
A year, after grants
Tuition and fees
-
Admission rate
Open
Completion rate
70%
Within 150% of the normal time, US 58%
Median debt
-
Earnings at 10 years
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Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
- Students with a need-based grant
- 2.8%
- Students with federal loans
- 0%
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2018-19 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Dollars a year
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- Open admission
- Undergraduates
- 590
- Part-time students
- 93%
- Women
- 35%
- Students per teacher
- 5
- Completion rate
- 70%
- Retention rate
- 100%
- Highest degree
- Certificate
- Programs
- 22
- Other
- Open admission
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
| Measure | College | DE median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | - | $15,599 | $13,490 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | - | $11,650 | $9,344 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | - | 71% | 77% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 70% | 55% | 79% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 100% | 71% | 82% | 75% |
| Median debt | - | $10,500 | $9,500 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | - | $35,336 | $37,893 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | - | $41,448 | $40,517 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US public under 2-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid.
Programs
22 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate | Certificate | 42 | Withheld | $49,418 | $58,716 | $56,073 |
| Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate | Certificate | 24 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 17 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR)Certificate | Certificate | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 10 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 9 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate | Certificate | 6 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Plumbing and Related Water Supply ServicesCertificate | Certificate | 5 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 4 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Precision Metal WorkingCertificate | Certificate | 1 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Security Science and TechnologyCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Mason/MasonryCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Air TransportationCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Ground TransportationCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 0 | - | - | Withheld | - |
| Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate | Certificate | 0 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
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Questions and answers
What is the acceptance rate at Polytech Adult Education?
Polytech Adult Education has open admission: it accepts students who meet its basic requirements, such as a high school diploma.
What is the graduation rate at Polytech Adult Education?
70% of first-time, full-time students at Polytech Adult Education finish within 150% of the normal time. 100% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of public under 2-year colleges is 79%.
What are the most popular majors at Polytech Adult Education?
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (42 certificate graduates), Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (24 certificate graduates), Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (17 certificate graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 22 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.