Graduate Student Programs

Students working in the greenhouse with Professor Angelia Seyfferth

Push your success to the next level

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources offers four doctoral and more than nine master’s degree programs. Our campus includes newly renovated laboratories, a state-of-the-art greenhouse complex, modern computing facilities, wetlands and ecology woods, farm animal facilities, and agronomic field plots.

Our graduate programs, which include both funded and self-paying, are characterized by individualized advising, engaging coursework, and faculty who are personally committed to the success of their graduate students.

Funded M.S. and Ph.D. programs are characterized by highly competitive graduate stipends, cutting-edge research in basic and applied disciplines, and travel opportunities for participation in professional meetings. Our self-paying M.S. programs are coursework-based, offer more flexibility, and excellent student-to-faculty ratios.

Advanced Degree Programs (by Department)

Animal and Food Sciences

Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Applied Economics and Statistics

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Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Entomology & Wildlife Ecology

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Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Plant & Soil Sciences

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Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Interdisciplinary

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Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Graduate Programs | College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Graduate & Research News
  • Harsh Bais stands folding his hands over a chair. The image also includes a composite of leaves and branches.

    Innovation ambassador: Harsh Bais

    September 02, 2025 | Article by Karen B. Roberts | Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Evan Krape | Photo illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase | Video by Ally Quinn and Sam Kmiec
    Harsh Bais, professor of plant biology at the University of Delaware, was named an Innovation Ambassador at UD earlier this year. It’s part of the University’s effort to help other inventors and entrepreneurs drive on the innovation highway. The role enables Bais to share his own experience as a researcher as well as support others on their own research translation journey.
  • Tracking tidal turtles

    August 06, 2025 | Written by Karen B. Roberts | Photos courtesy of Samantha Melanson
    UD senior Samantha Melanson is studying diamondback terrapin nesting habits in Barnegat Light, New Jersey. Melanson is a wildlife ecology and conservation major. In this Q&A, she talks about why she wanted to pursue this project, why research like this matters, and the cool experiences she has had doing this research.
  • UD’s Insect Research Collection provides Solomon Hendrix the tools to turn a passion for identifying insects into a future in entomological discovery

    July 22, 2025 | Written by Nya Wynn
    Through the UD Insect Research Collection, Solomon Hendrix found a home for his passion for taxonomy and insect identification. Under the mentorship of Charles Bartlett, Hendrix published 12 academic papers and identified 12 new genera of planthoppers — an extraordinary feat for an undergraduate student.

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