Facts and Figures
Enrollment
18,618
undergraduate students
4,285
graduate students
710
Professional &
Continuing Studies students
23,613
total enrollment
Main Campus: Newark, Delaware
Established: 1743
Motto: Knowledge is the light of the mind
President: Dennis Assanis
Employees: 4,746
UD is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant university, tackling the biggest challenges facing our state, nation and the world.
Academic Programs
150+ majors and minors
250+ graduate and post-baccalaureate programs
10 colleges and schools
12:1
student-faculty ratio
35
average class size
Life after UD
97% of 2021 graduates are employed
or pursuing further education
200,000+ Alumni around the world
Rankings & Honors
Source: U.S. News
Best Value Colleges, Princeton Review
No. 38 of 100 best value colleges, Kiplinger’s
No. 4 Military Friendly School, Viqtory
No. 34 Online MBA, Poets&Quants
Best Employer in Delaware, Forbes Magazine
Top 25 public university for providing students the highest salaries for their tuition dollars, CNBC
No. 38 undergraduate schools for entrepreneurial studies, The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine
“Best of the Best” Top Veteran-Friendly Schools Listing, U.S. Veterans Magazine
Global Impact
First U.S. institution
to study abroad, in 1923
30% of undergraduate students
study abroad each year
100+ study abroad programs
in over 40 countries
200+ global partnerships
with institutions on six continents
UD's chapter of Engineers Without Borders
Research & Innovation
1 million square feet
of teaching, industrial and clinical space being developed at STAR Campus
80 research centers
Leading to 148 patents and 30 startups in the last decade
Top 3% in U.S.
in terms of research activity
Delaware & The Mid-Atlantic Region
$4.7 Billion
economic impact on the Northeast Corridor
24,450 jobs
supported by UD's economic impact in Delaware
Athletics
21
NCAA Division I Teams
34
Intramural Sports Leagues
36
Club Sports