University of Delaware: Statistics

Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 209 of 13,988	In the World
# 103 of 2,383	In North America
# 90 of 2,297	In the United States
# 55 of 13,988	For Sports Medicine
Top 1-3	For 12 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

71%

Average SAT

1,280

Average ACT

Aid receiving

94%

Undergraduates

20,026

Graduates

4,386

Male:Female Ratio

41:59

Type

Public
not-for-profit

Highest Degree

Doctor's degree

Website

udel.edu

Acceptance rate & Admissions

University of Delaware has an acceptance rate of 71% and is among the top 1% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

	Total	Men	Women
Acceptance Rate	71%	71%	71%
Applicants	39,995	15,840	24,154
Admissions	28,238	10,489	17,748
Freshmen enrolled full time	4,417	1,762	2,655

Admissions requirements

College-preparatory program	Required
Recommendations	Required
Secondary school GPA	Required
Secondary school record	Required
TOEFL	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies	Considered but not required
SAT/ACT	Considered but not required
Secondary school rank	Considered but not required
Other Tests	Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

■ White	61%
■ Nonresident Alien	11%
■ Asian	6%
■ Hispanic	9%
■ Black or African American	6%
■ Two or more races	5%
■ Unknown	2%

University of Delaware majors

University of Delaware has granted 196 associate degrees across 2 programs, 4,176 bachelor's degrees across 123 programs, 1,128 master's across 94 programs, and 361 doctorate degrees across 53 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at University of Delaware.

Major	Associate	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Finance, General	-	277	-	-
Research and Experimental Psychology, Other	-	213	11	11
Business Administration and Management, General	-	61	143	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	-	183	6	4
Mechanical Engineering	-	145	27	17
General Studies	178	-	-	-
Biology & Biological Sciences, General	-	158	7	8
Marketing & Marketing Management, General	-	170	-	-
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse	-	154	12	-
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	124	16	14
Elementary Education and Teaching	18	124	-	-
Chemical Engineering	-	82	13	33
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	-	122	5	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	-	111	4	-
Health Services & Allied Health & Health Sciences, General	-	107	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	-	97	7	3
Civil Engineering, General	-	60	22	20
Accounting	-	74	27	-
Management Information Systems, General	-	93	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision	-	89	-	-
Criminology	-	85	2	1
Information Science & Studies	-	-	77	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	-	68	-	-
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering	-	53	6	7
Business Analytics	-	34	31	-
Apparel and Textiles, General	-	62	-	-
Cognitive Science, General	-	60	-	-
Physical Therapy & Therapist	-	-	-	57
Sport and Fitness Administration & Management	-	56	-	-
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Other	-	54	-	-
Chemistry, General	-	22	8	22
Neuroscience	-	40	10	2
Human Services, General	-	48	-	-
International Business & Trade & Commerce	-	26	22	-
English Language and Literature, General	-	41	1	4
History, General	-	35	3	5
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	-	31	5	6
Computer Engineering, General	-	16	16	9
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	-	22	17	1
Animal Sciences, General	-	27	5	7
Music, General	-	7	32	-
Dietetics & Dietitian	-	34	4	-
International Relations and Affairs	-	38	-	-
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	-	37	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance	-	-	36	-
Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies	-	36	-	-
Environmental Science	-	35	1	-
Sociology, General	-	28	4	4
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	-	-	35	-
Materials Science	-	15	10	9
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language & ESL Language Instructor	-	-	34	-
Construction Engineering	-	31	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	-	31	-	-
Economics, General	-	31	-	-
Hospitality Administration & Management, Other	-	30	1	-
Public Policy Analysis, General	-	24	7	-
Public Administration	-	-	29	-
Statistics, General	-	6	23	-
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	-	28	-
Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist	-	-	26	2
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	-	27	-	-
Data Science, General	-	-	26	-
Linguistics	-	6	12	8
Financial Planning and Services	-	25	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation, General	-	14	10	-
Music Teacher Education	-	24	-	-
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other	-	-	23	-
Mathematics, General	-	16	4	3
Physics, General	-	9	9	5
Biotechnology	-	19	3	-
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	7	15
Urban Education and Leadership	-	21	-	-
Biochemistry	-	20	-	-
Applied Mathematics, General	-	11	4	4
Athletic Training & Trainer	-	-	19	-
Fine & Studio Arts, General	-	12	7	-
Human Resources Management & Personnel Administration, General	-	19	-	-
Applied Statistics, General	-	-	18	-
Environmental Studies	-	18	-	-
Fashion & Apparel Design	-	11	7	-
Geology & Earth Science, General	-	11	4	2
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	-	17	-	-
Epidemiology	-	-	14	2
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies	-	13	3	-
Bioinformatics	-	-	15	-
Clinical Laboratory Science & Medical Technology & Technologist	-	14	1	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	-	7	2	5
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	-	-	14	-
Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering	-	13	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	-	6	7	-
Physiology, General	-	13	-	-
Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other	-	-	13	-
Biomechanics	-	-	3	9
Education, General	-	-	5	7
Agriculture, General	-	11	-	-
Art & Art Studies, General	-	11	-	-
Financial Analytics	-	-	11	-
Agricultural Business and Management, General	-	10	-	-
Design and Visual Communications, General	-	10	-	-
Geography and Environmental Studies	-	5	4	1
Health and Wellness, General	-	-	10	-
History Teacher Education	-	10	-	-
Plant Sciences, General	-	8	-	2
Urban Studies & Affairs	-	-	8	2
Actuarial Science	-	9	-	-
American & United States Studies & Civilization	-	-	9	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General	-	7	-	2
Biochemical Engineering	-	-	9	-
Crisis & Emergency & Disaster Management	-	-	6	3
Educational & Instructional Technology	-	-	9	-
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other	-	6	3	-
English & Language Arts Teacher Education	-	8	-	-
Entomology	-	4	2	2
Food Science	-	7	1	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General	-	8	-	-
School Psychology	-	-	8	-
Game and Interactive Media Design	-	7	-	-
Human Development and Family Studies, General	-	-	3	4
Nutrition Sciences	-	4	1	2
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical	-	-	-	7
Anthropology, General	-	6	-	-
Economics, Other	-	5	-	1
Education, Other	-	-	6	-
Landscape Architecture	-	6	-	-
Music Performance, General	-	6	-	-
Nursing Practice	-	-	-	6
Philosophy	-	6	-	-
Plant Sciences, Other	-	-	6	-
Spanish Language and Literature	-	6	-	-
Biomedical Sciences, General	-	-	3	2
Biostatistics	-	-	-	5
Ecology	-	-	5	-
Hotel & Motel Administration & Management	-	5	-	-
Women's Studies	-	5	-	-
Asian Studies & Civilization	-	4	-	-
Behavioral Aspects of Health	-	4	-	-
International & Globalization Studies	-	4	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	-	4	-	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	-	4	-
African-American & Black Studies	-	2	1	-
Applied Horticulture & Horticultural Business Services, Other	-	3	-	-
Business Statistics	-	-	-	3
Earth Science Teacher Education	-	3	-	-
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology	-	-	-	3
German Language and Literature	-	3	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	-	3	-	-
Physical Sciences, Other	-	-	3	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	-	3	-	-
Voice and Opera	-	3	-	-
Water Resources Engineering	-	-	-	3
Behavioral Sciences	-	-	-	2
Computational Biology	-	2	-	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	-	-	-	2
Environmental & Natural Resource Economics	-	-	2	-
French Language Teacher Education	-	2	-	-
Health & Health Care Administration & Management	-	-	2	-
Microbiology, General	-	-	2	-
Music, Other	-	2	-	-
Public Health, General	-	-	2	-
Accounting and Finance	-	-	1	-
Ancient & Classical Greek Language and Literature	-	1	-	-
Biology Teacher Education	-	1	-	-
Chemistry Teacher Education	-	1	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	-	1	-	-
Engineering, Other	-	-	-	1
Environmental Education	-	-	1	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	-	-	1	-
French Language and Literature	-	1	-	-
Historic Preservation and Conservation, Other	-	-	-	1
Jazz & Jazz Studies	-	1	-	-
Multi- & Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	-	-	1	-
Nursing Science	-	-	-	1
Physics Teacher Education	-	1	-	-
Physics, Other	-	1	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	-	1	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	-	1	-	-
Social Sciences, General	-	-	1	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	-	1	-	-
Grand Total	196	4,176	1,128	361

Publications & Citations

University of Delaware is a world-class research university with 86,982 scientific papers published and 3,150,229 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Engineering, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Quantum and Particle physics, Computer Science, Materials Science, and Organic Chemistry.

Publications

86,982

Citations

3,150,229

Publication / Citation count by topic

Engineering	48,450 / 1,817,652
Physics	47,489 / 1,851,318
Biology	44,761 / 1,897,276
Chemistry	42,940 / 1,747,314
Environmental Science	37,954 / 1,494,723
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	34,426 / 1,121,840
Quantum and Particle physics	33,922 / 1,348,282
Computer Science	33,077 / 1,168,291
Materials Science	26,177 / 1,044,855
Organic chemistry	25,830 / 1,145,412
Medicine	24,931 / 919,330
Geology	22,820 / 982,449
Biochemistry	19,257 / 865,784
Geography and Cartography	19,131 / 699,197
Psychology	17,459 / 725,389
Political Science	17,195 / 548,907
Mathematics	16,988 / 653,570
Law	16,205 / 525,766
Philosophy	15,992 / 543,623
Ecology	15,748 / 681,426
Genetics	15,743 / 650,268
Optics	13,718 / 450,318
Sociology	13,638 / 445,316
Business	12,100 / 429,361
Paleontology	12,020 / 566,786
Statistics	11,909 / 500,663
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	11,607 / 414,020
History	11,167 / 345,206
Metallurgy	10,927 / 489,677
Electrical Engineering	10,055 / 343,351
Archaeology	9,167 / 316,275
Economics	9,076 / 293,459
Oceanography	8,597 / 369,071
Pathology	8,388 / 310,017
Astrophysics and Astronomy	8,318 / 338,685
Linguistics	8,152 / 283,083
Chemical Engineering	7,836 / 419,967
Physical	7,635 / 411,656
Mechanical Engineering	7,520 / 232,514
Nanotechnology	7,398 / 337,767

Annual publication & citation counts

Academic rankings

100 Notable alumni

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1895-1968 (aged 73)

military officer

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2. Anthony Higgins

1840-1912 (aged 72)

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3. George R. Riddle

1817-1867 (aged 50)

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