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University of Delaware Overview

University of Delaware is a public institution located in Newark, Delaware. Newark is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is University of Delaware Known For?

5,015 Undergraduate Awards
$42,771 Avg Cost After Aid
74% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UD.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 99% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, UD bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $72,950 a year. That's about 79% more than their peers at other schools.
  • It takes the average UD student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is University of Delaware?

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Contact details for UD are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 104 Hullihen Hall, Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-2000
Website: www.udel.edu

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How Do I Get Into UD?

You can apply to UD online at: https://www.commonapp.org/explore/university-delaware

Admission Requirements for UD

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UD?

74% Acceptance Rate
63% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores
UD has an acceptance rate of 74%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to UD submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 680. Math scores were between 590 and 680.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Delaware  ( 600 to 680 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Delaware  ( 590 to 680 )
200
800
UD received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 31.

ACT English Scores for University of Delaware  ( 25 to 33 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Delaware  ( 26 to 31 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Delaware?

$42,771 Net Price
57% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of UD is $42,771. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UD, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $10,580 a year. That adds up to $42,320 over four years for those students.

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University of Delaware Undergraduate Student Diversity

17,912 Full-Time Undergraduates
58% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 19,328 undergraduate students at UD, with 17,912 being full-time and 1,416 being part-time.

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There are also 4,285 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 17,912 full-time undergraduates at UD, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Delaware students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 942
Black or African American 1,098
Hispanic or Latino 1,638
White 12,147
International Students 908
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,179

Geographic Diversity

Delaware students aren't the only ones who study at University of Delaware. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 97 countries are represented at UD. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

University of Delaware Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Associate’s Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Finance & Financial Management 0 356 0 0 356
Business Administration & Management 0 154 142 0 296
Liberal Arts General Studies 231 27 5 0 263
Child Development & Psychology 0 226 11 7 244
Marketing 0 230 0 0 230
Teacher Education Grade Specific 29 175 12 0 216
Nursing 0 196 4 4 204
Communication & Media Studies 0 193 6 2 201
General Biology 0 177 13 9 199
Mechanical Engineering 0 136 25 15 176
Computer Information Systems 0 137 13 8 158
Public Health 0 136 18 0 154
Criminology 0 149 1 3 153
Health & Physical Education 0 150 1 0 151
Economics 0 95 33 10 138
Accounting 0 88 25 0 113
Political Science & Government 0 103 6 3 112
Health Sciences & Services 0 100 10 0 110
Chemical Engineering 0 67 5 29 101
Management Information Systems 0 99 0 0 99
Civil Engineering 0 49 28 15 92
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 80 6 0 86
Biomedical Engineering 0 63 10 11 84
Computer Engineering 0 34 30 19 83
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 0 81 0 0 81
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 14 52 9 75
History 0 63 6 5 74
International Business 0 38 32 0 70
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 68 0 0 68
Allied Health Professions 0 42 25 0 67
Natural Resources Conservation 0 61 5 1 67
Data Analytics 0 34 32 0 66
General English Literature 0 55 3 7 65
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 63 0 0 63
Human Services 0 62 0 0 62
Cognitive Science 0 61 0 0 61
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 55 55
Sociology 0 45 6 4 55
Music 0 21 33 0 54
Chemistry 0 19 16 18 53
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 20 25 4 49
Fine & Studio Arts 0 34 11 4 49
Public Policy 0 40 8 0 48
Hospitality Management 0 40 6 1 47
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 47 0 47
Information Science 0 0 45 0 45
Educational Administration 0 20 6 17 43
Mathematics 0 31 5 7 43
Statistics 0 18 19 0 37
Teaching English or French 0 0 36 0 36
Wildlife Management 0 35 0 0 35
Special Education 0 0 34 0 34
Materials Sciences 0 16 3 15 34
International Relations & National Security 0 34 0 0 34
Nutrition Science 0 26 4 3 33
Animal Science 0 28 2 2 32
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 31 0 0 31
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 25 6 0 31
Information Technology 0 0 27 0 27
Ethnic Studies 0 27 0 0 27
Physics 0 13 8 4 25
Plant Sciences 0 7 10 7 24
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 11 11 2 24
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 22 2 0 24
Communication Sciences 0 0 20 4 24
Design & Applied Arts 0 19 5 0 24
Historic Preservation 0 13 10 0 23
Biotechnology 0 16 6 0 22
Human Resource Management 0 22 0 0 22
Electrical Engineering 0 21 0 0 21
Romance Languages 0 19 2 0 21
Environmental Engineering 0 20 0 0 20
General Agriculture 0 19 0 0 19
Applied Mathematics 0 11 4 4 19
Data Science 0 0 18 0 18
Public Administration 0 0 17 0 17
Construction Engineering 0 16 0 0 16
Landscape Architecture 0 15 0 0 15
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 15 0 0 15
General Education 0 0 7 8 15
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 15 0 0 15
Food Science Technology 0 12 2 0 14
Zoology 0 11 1 2 14
Area Studies 0 7 7 0 14
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 14 0 14
Instructional Media Design 0 0 13 0 13
Applied Statistics 0 0 13 0 13
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other) 0 10 2 0 12
Geography and Environmental Studies 0 6 5 1 12
Urban Studies 0 0 4 7 11
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 10 0 0 10
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 6 1 3 10
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 1 8 1 10
Other Education 0 0 9 0 9
Philosophy 0 9 0 0 9
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 9 0 0 9
Robotics Engineering 0 0 8 0 8
Natural Resource Management 0 0 8 0 8
Anthropology 0 8 0 0 8
Homeland Security 0 0 5 2 7
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 3 2 5
Biochemical Engineering 0 0 5 0 5
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 4 1 5
East Asian Languages 0 5 0 0 5
Classical Languages & Literature 0 4 0 0 4
Other Health Professions 0 4 0 0 4
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 3 0 0 3
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 2 0 2
Ocean Engineering 0 0 1 1 2
International Studies 0 2 0 0 2
Horticulture 0 1 0 0 1
Behavioral Science 0 0 0 1 1
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 1 0 0 1
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0
Operations Research 0 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0 0
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Other Physical Science 0 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 260 4,755 1,133 337 6,485

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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