Associate in Arts Program

Students and a faculty member in AAP ssitting in a classroom having a discussion.

Associate in Arts Program

A two-year degree program

AAP is your pathway to a UD degree
 

The Associate in Arts Program (AAP) is a two-year degree program that offers UD courses — taught exclusively by UD faculty — in small classes in Wilmington, Dover and Georgetown. AAP allows Delaware students to stay close to home while completing the core courses required of all UD undergrads. After earning their Associate in Arts degree, most students transition to UD’s Newark campus to pursue their four-year bachelor’s degree.

Through the Delaware SEED Scholarship, eligible in-state students pay no tuition, which, for all other applicants, is approximately one-third of the cost of attending UD.
 

Learn more about the SEED SCHOLARSHIP

 

Wh​y UD Associate in Arts Program? 

From AAP to Achievement: Inspiring Stories of Our Alumni

Rony Baltazar-Lopez standing in front of the Capital Building in Washington, D.C.

RONY BALTAZAR-LOPEZ

completed the AAP in 1.5 years, and has since received degrees in political science and public administration. He is currently the Director of Policy and Communications at DE Dept. of State.

AMANDA ROSE

who entered UD through the Associate in Arts Program and graduated from UD in 2020, now teaches at her high school alma mater, Cape Henlopen in Lewes, Delaware.

BRANDON PELLEGRINI

served as a cadet dispatcher and cadet supervisor with the UD Police Department, and he also served as a park patrol officer with the Delaware Natural Resources Police. 

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