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Middletown, Delaware has 90 accredited schools offering software development programs, with tuition ranging from $4,032 to $55,730 per year for indexed programs. Middletown has a population of about 24,071. Median household income is $115,252 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 45.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, the top-earning software development-related role is Software Developer at a median $133,040 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer software development programs near Middletown, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Middletown city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
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Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Delaware schools on the Delaware software development page.
Middletown is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (BLS area code 37980). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Delaware statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | $133,040 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $129,669 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester | $102,740 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $100,136 |
| Computer Programmer | $101,420 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $98,850 |
| Computer Systems Analyst | $105,050 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $102,388 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 24,071 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $115,252 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 45.5% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 102.6 (above U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 90 accredited schools offering software development programs near Middletown. The closest is University of Delaware in Newark, DE (16.3 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is West Chester University of Pennsylvania (35.7 miles). 8 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying software development-related roles near Middletown are: Software Developer ($133,040), Computer Systems Analyst ($105,050), Software Quality Assurance Analyst and Tester ($102,740). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Delaware statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Newark, DE is 16.2 miles from Middletown and has its own set of local software development programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Middletown’s median household income of $115,252 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Middletown while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Delaware public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Middletown:
Data verified: August 11, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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