UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 1, Page 1                                
September 3, 1992                                              
Freshman class: Diverse                                        
                                                               
     It's the time of year when the University of Delaware welcomes  
its freshman class to the Newark campus-all 3,051 of them. Of these, 
58.9 percent are women, and 41.1 percent are men. The average SAT    
score is 1033, and the average high school grade point average is 3.09        
out of a possible 4.0. There are 29 valedictorians, 28 salutatarians 
and 29 National Merit Scholars.                                      
     Geographically speaking, 893 freshmen are from Delaware. New    
Jersey ranks second with 832 students, Pennsylvania third with 507.  
Last year Maryland had more students than New York, but the reverse is        
true in 1992 with 304 students from the Empire State, and 284 from   
adjoining Maryland. Connecticut follows with 90 students. The rest of
the students come mainly from East Coast states, with some from the  
Midwest and South, and four from the West Coast. International       
students in the class total 11.                                      
     Of these freshmen, 292 are enrolled in the University's Honors     
Program, the largest class in its history.                           
     Among the freshmen are 123 African-Americans, up from 91 last   
fall. Of these students, 59, or 50 percent, come from Delaware, 21   
from New Jersey, 15 from Maryland and the rest from Pennsylvania, New
York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine and the District of Columbia.   
     In addition to the freshmen, 713 transfer students have chosen to        
complete their undergraduate education at the University of Delaware,
for a total of 3,764 new students on campus this fall.               
     As in any school, these figures are subject to slight changes   
once the academic year gets underway. Final figures are not available
until later into the semester.                                       
                                        -Sue Swyers Moncure