by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Delaware was awarded 125 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, UD is ranked #96 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UD held the #118 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 3 colleges in Delaware, UD is ranked at #1.
University of Delaware has an acceptance rate of 74%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
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.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, University of Delaware is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Delaware is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 91% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Delaware enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At UD the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 73%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of Delaware.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,328 undergraduates at UD with 17,912 being full-time and 1,416 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,644 | $11,783 | $14,209 | $19,968 | $25,149 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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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Get more details about the location of University of Delaware.
Contact details for UD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 104 Hullihen Hall, Newark, DE 19716 |
| Phone: | 302-831-2000 |
| Website: | www.udel.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 332 | $58,041 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 310 | $66,889 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 257 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 252 | $31,532 |
| General Biology | 224 | $39,746 |
| Marketing | 216 | $54,390 |
| Health & Physical Education | 211 | $26,555 |
| Public Health | 200 | $35,437 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 199 | $48,587 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 191 | $41,897 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 10,673 students took at least one online class at University of Delaware. This is a decrease from the 15,748 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 10,673 | 1,793 |
| 2021-2022 | 15,748 | 2,082 |
| 2020-2021 | 22,715 | 19,839 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,697 | 391 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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