unitid 130943 · Newark, DE · public 4-year · suburb (large)
University of Delaware
- enrollment 2023
- 26,135
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
71%
27th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
19,071
86th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
16%
undergrads on Pell grants
8th pctl among public 4-years
completion
81%
finish within 150% time
95th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$30,952
90th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,799
after aid, aided students
83rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$72,950
after entry, Title IV students
93rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$24,572
87th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $10,901 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k11%
- 30-48k8%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $107,128
- First-generation students
- 17%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $16,810
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 356 | $99,240 | $24,073 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 231 | $42,285 | $6,500 |
| Marketing. | 230 | $97,490 | $25,000 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 226 | $61,576 | $24,786 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 196 | $93,619 | $26,522 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 193 | $75,745 | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 177 | $78,770 | $25,261 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 175 | $56,546 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 154 | $90,549 | $24,250 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 150 | $81,053 | $25,336 |
| Criminology. | 149 | $64,949 | $23,685 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 142 | $123,409 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.