University of Delaware
Newark, DE
University of Delaware is a public research university in Newark, Delaware, a suburb of a large city, with 19,071 undergraduates. Its largest fields are business, health professions and social sciences. 81% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $72,950 ten years after starting.
University of Delaware admitted 27,517 of 39,742 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (69.2%).
- Acceptance rate
- 69.2%
- Fall 2024 class
- In-state tuition
- $16,810
- $41,400 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $17,799
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1220–1370
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Delaware is known for
Measured by the 4,755 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
- Finance and Financial Management Services3567.5% of degrees$101,605+22% vs $83,343 nationally
- Marketing2304.8% of degrees$88,383+28% vs $69,303 nationally
- Research and Experimental Psychology2264.8% of degrees$63,614+14% vs $55,695 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1964.1% of degrees$98,486+11% vs $88,910 nationally
- Communication and Media Studies1934.1% of degrees$70,414+25% vs $56,359 nationally
- Biology1773.7% of degrees$74,535+30% vs $57,214 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Newark, DE
Undergraduates
19,071
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
16 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Delaware
Three things University of Delaware published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
2,087 admitted from a waitlist of 3,417.
A waitlist offer here is not a near-miss anyone can plan around.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
19.1% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 2.8% sent an ACT. University of Delaware files test scores under “considered”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Families paid $17,799 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
69.2%
27,517 admitted of 39,742 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1220–1370
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
28–32
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.98
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
19.1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
2.8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at University of Delaware?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Delaware costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $16,810 ($41,400 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $30,952. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $17,799 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$16,810
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$41,400
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$30,952
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$17,799
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $30,952 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,901Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$10,099Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$13,225Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$17,401Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$25,580Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
81%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
92%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$72,950
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$24,572
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What University of Delaware says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The waitlist, as the school reported it
Published counts, including the ones schools rarely lead with.
- Offered a waitlist place
- 3,417
- Admitted from the waitlist
- 2,087
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Delaware
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
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