There are eight colleges and universities in
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
. These institutions include two
research universities
A research university or a research-intensive university is a university that is committed to research as a central part of its mission. They are the most important sites at which knowledge production occurs, along with "intergenerational kno ...
, one
master's university, one
baccalaureate college
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, two
associate's colleges, and two
special-focus institutions. Five of Delaware's post-secondary institutions are private and three are public.
Delaware's oldest post-secondary institution is the
University of Delaware
The University of Delaware (colloquially UD or Delaware) is a public land-grant research university located in Newark, Delaware. UD is the largest university in Delaware. It offers three associate's programs, 148 bachelor's programs, 121 ma ...
, which was chartered by the
Delaware General Assembly as a degree-granting college in 1833. The University of Delaware is also the state's largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, as it had 23,009 students as of late 2014.
According to the
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Departmen ...
Institute of Education Sciences, the
Delaware College of Art and Design
Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) was founded in 1997 through a partnership between the Pratt Institute and the Corcoran College of Art and Design. DCAD's mission is to educate talented and committed students to become art makers, idea g ...
is the state's smallest institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 170.
is Delaware's largest private post-secondary institution, with an enrollment of 15,316.
Delaware has two
land-grant universities:
Delaware State University and the University of Delaware.
The University of Delaware is also the state's sole participant in the
National Sea Grant College Program and the
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
The space-grant colleges are educational institutions in the United States that comprise a network of fifty-two consortia formed for the purpose of outer space-related research. Each consortium is based in one of the fifty states, the District o ...
.
In addition, Delaware State University is the one
historically black college and university
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community. M ...
in the state, and is a member of the
Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
Delaware previously had two private post-secondary institutions for men and women respectively:
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and
Wesleyan Female College respectively.
The state does not have a
medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution, or part of such an institution, that teaches medicine, and awards a professional degree for physicians. Such medical degrees include the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, ...
, but the Delaware Institute of Medical Education and Research reserves spaces for Delaware students at two medical schools in
Philadelphia
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. Delaware has one law school,
Widener University Delaware Law School. All eight of Delaware's post-secondary institutions are
regionally accredited by the
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
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.
Extant institutions
Defunct institutions
See also
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List of college athletic programs in Delaware
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Higher education in the United States
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*
List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
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Lists of American institutions of higher education
References
Explanatory notes
Citations
External links
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United States Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Delaware
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