University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware · Public · 19,071 undergraduates · udel.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
69%
of 39,742 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1220 to 1370
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$40,110Est.Estimate
$67,590 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Delaware
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
69% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$67,590
a year in 2027-28, from a $67,590 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1300
Send your score
About 79% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1170, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Freshmen Admissions | University of Delaware · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Dec1Other deadline · December 1, 2026
- Jan15Regular Decision · January 15, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
69%
of applicants were admitted: 27,517 of 39,742 for fall 2024.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by 1/31.
Wait list
3,417 students were offered a spot; 2,087 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2024)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 19% of them sent SAT scores and 2.8% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1220 to 1370
Reading and Writing 610 to 700
Math 590 to 690
ACT composite 28 to 32
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160019%
- 1200 to 139963%
- 1000 to 119916%
- 800 to 9991%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.98
- 4.051%
- 3.75 to 3.9922%
- 3.50 to 3.7420%
- 3.25 to 3.498%
- 3.00 to 3.242%
- 2.50 to 2.990%
- Below 2.500%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$40,110
a year, in state
$67,590
a year, out of state (tuition $43,660)
- Tuition (in state)$16,180
- Fees$2,520
- Food and housing$16,910
- Books and supplies$1,320
- Transportation and other$3,180
University of Delaware published $37,884 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$5,566
- $30,001 to $48,000$10,783
- $48,001 to $75,000$13,801
- $75,001 to $110,000$19,669
- Over $110,000$23,862
Financial aid
64%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$15,929
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
32%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $9,785 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 1/15
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 3/15
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Delaware programs for residents
Charles L. Hebner Memorial Scholarship (formerly Diamond State Scholarship)
$1,250 a year
State program · In-state students
- 3.00+ GPA, 1290+ SAT, Single tier; Delaware HS senior; enroll full-time at a regionally accredited college; competitive (~35 awards/year), an application, essay or interview
B. Bradford Barnes Memorial Scholarship
State program · In-state students
Full tuition, required fees, room, board and books at University of Delaware
- 3.00+ GPA, 1290+ SAT, Single tier; Delaware HS senior; demonstrate financial need; 2027-28 FAFSA by Feb 26, 2027; one award per year
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
41 of 41
Earn credit with a score of 3
34 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,620Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 166DE |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 166DE |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | AFRA 166DE |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | ART 166DE |
| Art History | 4 | 3 | ARTH 150 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | BISC 104 |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | BISC 208 |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BISC 207 & 208 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 266DE |
| Calculus AB | 5 | 4 | MATH 241 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | MATH 266DE |
| Calculus BC | 5 | 4 | MATH 242 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 5 | 4 | MATH 241 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 5 | 4 | MATH 241 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 6 | UNIV 166DE (EG majors only University General Elective ) |
| Chemistry | 3 | 6 | CHEM 101 & 102 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 6 | CHEM 103 & 104 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | CHIN 166DE |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | CHIN 200 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | CHIN 200 & CHIN 205 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POSC 166DE |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 5 | 3 | POSC 270 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | CISC 166DE |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | CISC 166DE |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | CISC 101 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | ART 166DE |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 166DE |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL 266DE |
| English Language and Composition | 5 | 6 | ENGL 166DE & ENGL 266DE |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGL 166DE |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENGL 280 |
| English Literature and Composition | 5 | 6 | ENGL 166DE & ENGL 280 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | ENSC 166DE |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | ENSC 102 |
| European History | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166DE |
| European History | 4 | 3 | HIST 102 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | FREN 107 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | FREN 107 & FREN 200 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | GRMN 166DE |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | GRMN 107 |
| German Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | GRMN 107, GRMN 200 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEOG 102 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | ITAL 166DE |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | ITAL 200 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | ITAL 200 & ITAL 205 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | JAPN 166DE |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | JAPN 201 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | JAPN 201 & JAPN 202 |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | LATN 201 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 166DE |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 103 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 166DE |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 101 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUSC 166DE |
| Music Theory | 4 | 4 | MUSC 105 & 166DE |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 3 | PHYS 166DE |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 3 | PHYS 201 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 3 | PHYS 166DE |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 3 | PHYS 202 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 3 | PHYS 166DE |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 3 | PHYS 208 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 3 | PHYS 166DE |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 3 | PHYS 207 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 4 | MATH 166DE |
| Pre-Calculus | 5 | 4 | MATH 117 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166DE |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSYC 100 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166T |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166T |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPAN 166DE |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 200 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 200 & SPAN 205 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPAN 166DE |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 200 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 6 | SPAN 200, SPAN 205 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166DE |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | STAT 200 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POSC 166DE |
| United States Government and Politics | 5 | 3 | POSC 150 |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166DE |
| United States History | 5 | 6 | HIST 105 & 106 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | UNIV 166DE |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 3 | HIST 104 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
78%
Come back for a second year
92%
Typical earnings
$83,800
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Delaware$112,326
- All colleges$89,719
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 58 majors here have earnings data.
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