University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
- Public
- Suburb
- 19,071 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 71%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $16,337per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 79%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $83,80010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Delaware freshmen with family income under $35,000 get an aid package covering tuition, fees, standard housing and food, so they can attend at little or no up-front cost.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 71%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1190–1370Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 28–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From University of Delaware's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2024–25, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
Average high school GPA: 3.98 (the 99% of first-years who reported one)
- Admit rate in this report
- 69%27,517 admitted of 39,742 first-year applicants
- Off the wait list
- 100%2,087 admitted of 2,087 who stayed on the wait list (3,417 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1220–1370First-years who sent scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 28–32First-years who sent scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 32%64% were in the top quarter.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
- Living in the state
Important
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Considered
- Class rank
- Test scores
- Interview
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Where you live
- Showing interest in the school
Not considered
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Religious affiliation
Where you'd stand
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Sources: University of Delaware Common Data Set 2024–25. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $16,337full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $30,294sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $17,660Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $43,220Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 79%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 92%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $83,80010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 19,071Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 20%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 17%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Appalachian State University Boone, NC — admits 90%
- University of Oregon Eugene, OR — admits 88%
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE — admits 87%
- Iowa State University Ames, IA — admits 89%
Also worth a look
- Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Stillwater, OK — admits 75%
- The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX — admits 65%
- Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI — admits 83%
- University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK — admits 77%
- University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA — admits 66%
- University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA — admits 68%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for University of Delaware, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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