by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
University of Delaware came in at #141 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. UD received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Delaware, UD came in at #1.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UD took the #88 spot on the list. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 15% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. Because of its high ranking, UD won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Delaware, UD came in at #1.
Women make up 53.2% of the total graduate student body at UD while men make you 46.8%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at UD, around 18.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 26.9% of graduate students hail from another country. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $17,100 | $17,100 |
| Fees | $1,028 | $1,028 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at UD is $59,514. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 2% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at UD is $87,559. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 16% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/udelaware |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UDelaware |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45.9% of the graduate students at UD took at least one online course. Roughly 25.5% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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