University of Delaware

Newark, DE

University of Delaware

Newark, DE

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Undergrad

Tuition & Fees

$17,880

$41,520

not including housing and food

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undergraduateRatios

41%

male

59%

female

15

students

1

faculty

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Moderately Selective

73%

acceptance rate

Accepted 26,101
Declined 9,261
Total Received 35,362
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Public

19,482

undergraduate students

4,557

graduate students

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School Facts

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware is a public land- and sea-grant university that is known for its strong programs in Engineering, Business, and the Sciences. It is located on a 1,996-acre campus in Newark, Delaware—12 miles from Wilmington, 30 miles from Philadelphia, and 50 miles from Baltimore.

Official website Visit website
Application link Apply online
Public/private Public
Campus enrollment 24,039
Established in 1743
Coeducational Coeducational
Religious affiliation Other

Social Networks

1,996-acre campus in Newark (population: 33,858), 12 miles from Wilmington, 30 miles from Philadelphia, and 50 miles from Baltimore; branch campuses in Dover, Georgetown, and Wilmington. Served by bus; major airports serve Baltimore and Philadelphia; train serves Newark and Wilmington. School operates transportation to southern Delaware. Public transportation serves campus.

  • Campus Setting: Large town

University of Delaware
210 South College Avenue
Newark, DE
19716

Campus Life

yes
Housing available
41%
of undergraduates that live in campus-owned housing
93%
of freshmen that live in campus-owned housing
no
Students are not required to live in school housing
yes
Students may have cars on campus
yes
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age

Fun Facts

  • University of Delaware purchased a 272-acre old Chrysler assembly plant facility in order to expand its education and research capabilities.

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% freshman classHigh School Class Rank

Top 1/10
34%
Top 1/4
69%
Top 1/2
94%
Bottom 1/2
6%
Bottom 1/4
1%

Test Scores

Average freshman score by percentile.

75th
680
25th
600
75th
680
25th
590
75th
33
25th
25
75th
29
25th
25
75th
31
25th
26

Admissions Facts

Application fee $75
Admissions interview (required or recommended) Required of some
Application deadline (final deadline) January 15
SAT/ACT requirements SAT or ACT Required

Moderately Selective

73%

acceptance rate

Accepted 26,101
Declined 9,261
Total Received 35,362

Admissions Factors

Required

Secondary School GPA
Recommendations
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Completion of college-preparatory program
Secondary School Record

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Counseling services

  • Academic
  • Birth control
  • Career
  • Minority student
  • Older student
  • Personal
  • Psychological
  • Religious

Remedial services offered

  • Math
  • Other
  • Reading
  • Study skills
  • Writing

Career placement services

  • Alumni network
  • Career/job search classes
  • Interest inventory
  • Internships
  • Interview training
  • On-campus job interviews
  • Other
  • Resume assistance

Percent of the campus accessible to physically disabled students

Not Reported

Additional services

  • Day care
  • Health insurance
  • Health service
  • Nonremedial tutoring
  • Placement service

Special programs for physically disabled students

  • Adaptive equipment
  • Braille services
  • Interpreters for hearing-impaired
  • Note-taking services
  • Reader services
  • Special housing
  • Special transportation
  • Talking books
  • Tape recorders

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Financial Aid

93%

Of undergraduate students
receiving financial aid

$12,518

Average financial aid

Cost

in-state out-of-state
Tuition $16,080
Housing $8,568
Food $6,270
Additional fees $1,800
Books & supplies $1,000
Total $33,718
Average Financial Aid - $12,518
Total with Avg. Aid $21,200

Scholarships & Grants

Need-based

Federal $11,553,824
State $8,086,367
Institutional $51,043,062
Other external $3,207,014
Total $73,890,267

Non-need-based

Federal $1,868
State $530,650
Institutional $29,179,303
Other external $3,622,093
Total $33,333,914

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Financial Facts

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Financial Aid Office


P: 302 831-8761
F: 302 831-4334
finaid@udel.edu

Varsity Sports

M W
Baseball yes
Basketball yes yes
Field hockey yes
Football yes
Golf yes yes
Lacrosse yes yes
Rowing yes
Soccer yes yes
Softball yes
Swimming and diving yes yes
Tennis yes yes
Track and field indoor yes
Track and field outdoor yes
Track and field x country yes
Volleyball yes

Club Sports - Men's

baseball, basketball, bass fishing, bowling, crew, cross-country, cycling, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, roller hockey, rugby, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized skating, tennis, track and field, trap and skeet, triathlon, ultimate disc, volleyball, water polo, wrestling

Club Sports - Women's

baseball, basketball, bass fishing, bowling, crew, cross-country, cycling, equestrian sports, fencing, field hockey, figure skating, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, roller hockey, rugby, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming, synchronized skating, tennis, track and field, trap and skeet, triathlon, ultimate disc, volleyball, water polo, wrestling

Intramural/Recreational Sports

badminton, basketball, battleship, corn hole, flag football, disc golf, dodgeball, golf, handball, racquetball, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, ultimate Frisbee, volleyball (indoor/sand), walleyball

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Athletic Facts

Athletic conference memberships
Colonial Athletic Association, Eastern College Athletic Conference

Majors

Assc. Bach. Mast. Doct.
Accounting yes yes
Actuarial Science yes
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other yes
Anatomy yes
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature yes
Anthropology, General yes
Anthropology, Other yes
Apparel and Textiles, General yes
Applied Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Applied Statistics, General yes
Art History, Criticism and Conservation yes yes yes
Art/Art Studies, General yes
Astronomy yes
Athletic Training/Trainer yes
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General yes yes
Behavioral Aspects of Health yes
Behavioral Sciences yes
Biochemical Engineering yes
Biochemistry yes
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering yes yes yes
Bioinformatics yes
Biology Teacher Education yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General yes yes yes
Biomechanics yes yes
Biomedical Sciences, General yes yes
Biostatistics yes
Biotechnology yes yes
Business Administration and Management, General yes yes
Business Statistics yes yes yes
Chemical Engineering yes yes yes
Chemical Engineering, Other yes
Chemistry Teacher Education yes
Chemistry, General yes yes yes
Chinese Language and Literature yes yes
Civil Engineering, General yes yes yes
Civil Engineering, Other yes
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist yes yes
Cognitive Science, General yes
Comparative Literature yes
Computational Biology yes
Computational Science yes
Computer Engineering, General yes yes yes
Computer and Information Sciences, General yes yes yes
Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance yes yes
Construction Engineering yes
Criminology yes yes yes
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management yes yes
Curriculum and Instruction yes
Design and Visual Communications, General yes
Dietetics/Dietitian yes yes
Earth Science Teacher Education yes
Ecology yes
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics yes yes yes
Economics, General yes yes
Economics, Other yes yes yes
Education, General yes yes
Education, Other yes
Educational Evaluation and Research yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General yes yes
Educational Statistics and Research Methods yes
Educational/Instructional Technology yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering yes yes
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other yes
Elementary Education and Teaching yes yes
Engineering, Other yes yes
English Language and Literature, General yes yes yes
English/Language Arts Teacher Education yes
Entomology yes yes yes
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies yes
Environmental Education yes
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering yes
Epidemiology yes
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology yes
Exercise Science and Kinesiology yes yes
Fashion/Apparel Design yes yes
Finance, General yes
Financial Analytics yes
Financial Planning and Services yes
Fine/Studio Arts, General yes yes
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General yes
Foreign Language Teacher Education yes
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General yes
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other yes yes
French Language Teacher Education yes
French Language and Literature yes
Game and Interactive Media Design yes
General Studies yes
Geographic Information Science and Cartography yes
Geography Teacher Education yes
Geography and Environmental Studies yes yes yes
Geology/Earth Science, General yes yes yes
German Language Teacher Education yes
German Language and Literature yes
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other yes
Health and Wellness, General yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management yes
Historic Preservation and Conservation, General yes yes
Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other yes
History Teacher Education yes
History, General yes yes yes
Hospitality Administration/Management, Other yes yes yes
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management yes
Human Development and Family Studies, General yes yes
Human Nutrition yes
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General yes
Information Science/Studies yes
International Business/Trade/Commerce yes yes
International Relations and Affairs yes
International/Globalization Studies yes
Italian Language and Literature yes yes
Japanese Language and Literature yes
Keyboard Instruments yes
Latin Teacher Education yes
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies yes yes
Linguistics yes yes yes
Management Information Systems, General yes
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other yes
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography yes yes yes
Marketing/Marketing Management, General yes
Materials Science yes yes yes
Materials Sciences, Other yes
Mathematics Teacher Education yes
Mathematics, General yes yes yes
Mechanical Engineering yes yes yes
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering yes
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions, Other yes
Microbiology, General yes yes
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other yes
Music History, Literature, and Theory yes
Music Performance, General yes
Music Teacher Education yes
Music, General yes yes
Music, Other yes
Neuroscience yes yes yes
Nursing Science yes
Nutrition Sciences yes yes
Ocean Engineering yes yes
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical yes
Operations Management and Supervision yes
Operations Research yes
Philosophy yes
Physical Sciences, Other yes yes
Physics Teacher Education yes
Physics, General yes yes yes
Physiology, General yes
Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other yes
Political Science and Government, General yes yes yes
Political Science and Government, Other yes
Psychology Teacher Education yes
Public Administration yes yes
Public Health, General yes
Public Policy Analysis, General yes yes
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse yes yes
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other yes yes yes
Russian Language and Literature yes
School Psychology yes
Secondary Education and Teaching yes
Social Science Teacher Education yes
Social Sciences, General yes yes
Social Studies Teacher Education yes
Sociology, General yes yes yes
Spanish Language and Literature yes
Special Education and Teaching, General yes
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist yes yes
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management yes
Statistics, General yes yes
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor yes
Theatre/Theatre Arts Management yes
Urban Studies/Affairs yes yes
Voice and Opera yes
Water Resources Engineering yes yes

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Most Popular Majors

  1. Finance
  2. Marketing
  3. Nursing

Programs Offered

  • Accelerated study
  • Certificate programs
  • Distance Learning
  • Double majors
  • Dual degrees
  • Honors program
  • Independent study
  • Internships
  • Pass/fail grading option
  • Self-designed majors

Pre-professional Programs

  • Other
  • Pre-dentistry
  • Pre-law
  • Pre-medicine
  • Pre-optometry
  • Pre-pharmacy
  • Pre-veterinary science

24,039

total students

34%

in-state

66%

out-of-state

Undergraduate

Graduate

81%

19,482
students

Female
59%
11,398

Male
41%
8,084

19%

4,557
students

Female
53%
2,407

Male
47%
2,150

undergraduateFull-time

undergraduatePart-time

93%

18,034
students

Female
59%
10,651

Male
41%
7,383

7%

1,448
students

Female
52%
747

Male
48%
701

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Student Break-down

5%
Nonresident aliens
6%
Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native American or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic/Latino
5%
Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
9%
Hispanic/Latino
66%
White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown
3%
Two or more races, non-Hispanic/Latino
< 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino

Transfer Enrollment

Not Reported

Transfer applicants enrolled

Not Reported

Students are transfer students

Transfer Requirements

Minimum requirements College GPA: 2.50
High school transcript Required of All
College transcript(s) Required of All
Essay or personal statement Required of All
Interview Not Required/Recommended
Standardized test scores Required of Some
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s) Required of All

Transfer Application Deadline

Not reported

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International Students

Number of foreign countries represented by degree-seeking undergraduate non-resident aliens 67
Countries most often represented China
India
Malaysia
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
The Netherlands
Special services offered for international applicants ESL program/classes

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