University of Delaware

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Four-one-four plan
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Delaware Academics

University of Delaware is unique in its study options. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. That is, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Delaware.

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness, Parks/Leisure Facilities Management, Sport/Fitness Administration

Popular majors:

ninety-three percent liberal arts, seven percent agriculture, seventeen percent business per marketing, fourteen percent social sciences, twelve percent education, six percent engineering, six percent english, six percent family and consumer sciences, six percent health professions, six percent psychology, five percent biology

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Geography, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Education:

Agricultural Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, ESL Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Education – General, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Family/Consumer Sciences – Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, Geography Teacher Education, German Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Physics Teacher Education, Psychology Teacher Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Special Education

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Commercial/Advertising Art, Fashion Design, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music – Piano/Organ, Music – Voice/Opera, Music Theory/Composition, Theater Design/Stagecraft, Theater Literature/History/Criticism

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Historic Preservation/Conservation, Nutrition Sciences

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Physics, Planetary Sciences

Foreign Language and Literature:

Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Classics, Comparative Literature, Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish

English Language and Literature:

English

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Fashion Merchandising, Finance/Banking, Management Information Systems, Operations Management

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Entomology, Plant Pathology

History:

History – General

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical/Medical Laboratory Technology, Nursing (RN), Predentistry, Premedicine, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General, Statistics

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of February. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 60.

University of Delaware Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 47% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 89%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of sixty dollars regular application fee, sixty dollars out-of-state application fee, sixty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were one thousand, six hundred and sixty-two total number of transfer students who applied and seven hundred and ninety-six total number of transfer students who were admitted.

the SAT subject section score is due the 15th of January. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of January and It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 15th of March. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of December. The regular application is due the 15th of January. Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 15th of March. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of February.

University of Delaware Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art and State/District Residency. Financial aid distribution is at fifty-one percent scholarships per grants and forty-nine percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama, ROTC and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

University of Delaware Students

The school’s size is approximately fifteen thousand, seven hundred and forty-two degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, four hundred and four first-time degree-seeking freshmen and three thousand, four hundred and thirty-four graduate enrollment. Further, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Further, the student body consists of thirty-three percent in-state students, sixty-seven percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, fifty-nine percent women, forty-one percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, four percent asian per pacific islander, five percent black per non-hispanic, six percent hispanic, eighty-three percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, one percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty-seven percent in top 10th of graduating class, seventy-six percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-six percent in top half of graduating class, thirty-seven percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty-four percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twelve percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. University of Delaware offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 47 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

Students should note the housing policies: Guaranteed On-Campus Housing For All Undergraduates, ninety-three percent of first-year students live in college housing, forty-seven percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. In addition, the university has many unique facilites such as science development center, human performance laboratory, greenhouse, preschool lab, nutrition clinic, engineering research centers, 400-acre agriculture research complex, center for composites manufacturing and research, apparel design laboratory, simulated hospital rooms for nursing, physical therapy clinic, applied coastal research, Delaware biotechnology institute. For all that, the school is located 12 miles from Wilmington, 30 miles from Philadelphia.This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus.

University of Delaware Athletics

The Fightin’ Blue Hens are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IAA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball