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University of Delaware

Lerner College of Business & Economics

Quick Stats

  • Avg. SAT Score
    1218
  • Annual Tuition
    $10,150
    $ $ $ $ $
  • Program Enrollment
    2,767
  • University Selectivity
    59%
  • University Yield
    27%
  • Average Salary
    $50,486
  • Top Industry
    Financial Services
  • School Status
    Public
  • Accreditation
    AACSB Accredited
  • B-School Founded
    1963
  • Program Length
    Four Year
Contact Information
20 Orchard Road
303 Alfred Lerner Hall
Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
Website
405x225

Lerner College of Business & Economics

The Lerner College’s unique programs emphasize experience-driven learning and evidence-based analytics. We offer a state-of-the-art financial trading facility, the $1.2 million student-led Blue Hen Investment Fund, a student-managed restaurant and hotel, a high-technology development center of a global bank and a large student subject pool for decision-making experiments. Our use of hands-on learning and group project work is well regarded by employers of our graduates. Data-driven management and analytic methodologies are a distinctive feature of all Lerner College activities, teaching and corporate outreach.

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The people make the Lerner College unique - they all have personalities conducive to business success and most of them are quite helpful when asking questions related to class or related to business, job searches, and succeeding in and out of school.

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About University of Delaware

Admissions

Admissions Selectivity
59% University of Delaware 58% Average Across All Schools
Most Important Admissions Factors
  1. Secondary school record
  2. SAT/ACT scores
  3. Application essay
More Information
Total Applications
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
26249% 26,249
59% 59
27% 27
59% School Selectivity
27% School Yield
Demographics of Applicants
  • Male Applicants
  • Female Applicants
  • International Applicants
  • U.S. Applicants
Application Deadlines
Dec 1
Fall 2014
Nov 1
Spring 2014
Required Tests
  • SAT or ACT
  • Are Interviews Required? Not required
Additional Requirements:

The University of Delaware exclusively accepts the Common Application for admission. In addition, international applicants must supply us with a summary of educational experiences, a confidential financial information form, official bank statement, copy of current passport and visa, original transcripts and examination results for all secondary and post-secondary work, and an official TOEFL or IELTS report.
Total Applications to Program
  • Applied
  • Accepted
  • Accepted Apps Enrolled
5343% 5,343
49% 49
21% 21
49% Program Selectivity
21% Program Yield
Program Requirements
  • Admissions managed by Business Program
  • Are interviews required? Not required
Required Tests

Transfer Requirements
  • How internal transfers are handled
  • Min college GPA for transfers 2.0
  • Other transfer requirements Successful completion of Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Calculus with a minimum GPA requirement ranging from 2.0 to 3.2, depending on major applying to. Completion of minimum of 28 credits at our university.
Freshman Requirements
  • Freshman admissions Yes
  • Percent of admitted applicants who are freshmen 100
  • Min GPA required in pre-business courses Yes
  • How freshmen are admitted Indicate interest on university application
Other Requirements for freshman

Careers

Financial Services 36%
Top Industry
  • Media/Entertainment 13%
  • Consulting 3%
  • Non-profit 0%
J.P. Morgan Chase 75
Top Employer
  • Ernst & Young 15
  • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 12
  • Deloitte 12
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Job Offers Received and Accepted
  • This School
  • All Schools
By Graduation
0%
59% 59.267238095238085
68% 68
56% 55.65923664122137
68% Accept Offers
After graduation, but within 3 months
0%
16% 16.189999999999998
0%
17% 17.25698275862069
More than 3 Months after graduation
0%
10% 10.193835616438358
19% 19
13% 12.771399999999998
19% Accept Offers
93% Graduates seeking full-time employment
7% Graduates not seeking employment
49% Percentage of graduates for whom employment information is available
Salaries and Percentages of Job Accepting Graduates
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Consulting
5% 5
$56,000.00
39K 65K
Finance/Accounting
41% 41
$51,066.00
37K 75K
General Management
14% 14
$49,628.00
39K 65K
Human Resources
0% 0
Data not provided
Management Information Systems
5% 5
$55,784.00
55K 65K
Marketing/Sales
28% 28
$46,429.00
39K 55K
Operations/Production
7% 7
$51,000.00
45K 55K
Logistics/Transportation
0% 0
Data not provided
Other
0% 0
Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
Accounting
19% 19
$56,160.00
45K 75K
Consumer Products/Retail
14% 14
$47,245.00
37K 55K
Consulting
3% 3
$50,145.00
45K 55K
Financial Services
36% 36
$50,894.00
39K 75K
Government/Education
5% 5
$55,000.00 Data not provided
Pharma/Biotech/Health
2% 2
$65,000.00 Data not provided
Manufacturing
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Media/Entertainment
13% 13
$50,476.00
37K 55K
Non-Profit
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Petroleum/Energy
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Real Estate
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Sports/Leisure
3% 3
$39,000.00
37K 45K
Technology/Science
5% 5
$45,000.00 Data not provided
Transportation
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Utilities
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Other
0% 0
$0.00 Data not provided
Area Grads Accepting Jobs Avg. Salary 10k 50k 100k 150k 190k
U.S. Northeast
40% 40
$50,613.00
39K 75K
U.S. Mid-Atlantic
57% 57
$50,567.00
37K 75K
U.S. South
2% 2
$38,600.00
37K 39K
U.S. Southwest
1% 1
$45,000.00 Data not provided
U.S. Midwest
1% 1
$45,000.00 Data not provided
U.S. West
0% 0
Data not provided
U.S. Possessions/Territories
0% 0
Data not provided
Canada
0% 0
Data not provided
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Salaries for Most Recent Graduates
Average Signing Bonus for Most Recent Graduates
Internship Employers / Interns Hired
  • JPMorgan 40
  • Disney 15
  • ING 12
  • Ernst & Young 12
  • Citigroup 11
Internship Services
  • Companies that recruit interns on campus
  • Companies that posted internships on school message board
  • Average intern length in weeks 12
  • Percentage of internships that are paid 80
Career Services
  • Number of companies that recruited students on campus 145
  • Number of companies that posted full-time jobs on school message boards 570
Other activities and career services provided to undergraduate business students:
We offer 9 career fairs, Major Resources Kits, employer mock interviews & resume reviews, Blue Hen Careers job posting board, 300+ career related workshops each year. Students can meet with any of our 12 qualified professional career review consultants in the Lerner Career Services or Main Career Services for individual career advisement to seek job searching advice, review resumes or discuss any other concerns.

Cost

Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$23,528
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $10,150
  • Fees $1,532
  • Expenses $11,846
Non-Resident
$ $ $ $ $
$40,618
Total Yearly Cost
  • Tuition $27,240
  • Fees $1,532
  • Expenses $11,846
43% Percent of Institutional Grants or Scholarships 9% Percent of Full-tuition Institutional Grants or Scholarships
Basis for Grants or Scholarships
  • Need 39%
  • Merit 61%
More Information
Financial Aid
  • Financial Aid Management No
  • Website http://www.udel.edu/sfs
Scholarships
$6,513,429
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students last year
$8,430,351
Total aid distributed to undergrad business students this year
Loans
  • Loan Guarantee Policy No
  • Max Loan Guarantee Per Year

Academics

Average Class Size
  • Lerner College of Business & Economics
  • All Schools
Core Business Classes
41% 38
50% 46
Elective Business Classes
62% 36
50% 29
Required Classes with a Waiting List
Lerner College of Business & Economics 12 Average Across All Schools
* On the First Day of Enrollment
Top Areas of Study
  • Accounting
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Hotel Administration
  • Marketing
More Information
Business Program Classes
8% Less than 20 Students 15% More than 50 Students
77% 21 to 50 students
36 Average number of students in non-business required electives
23 Different Elective Courses
New Electives
  • Program length Four Year
  • Last change to curriculum 2009
Degrees Offered / Credits Required
  • BS/Accounting 121
  • BS/Economics 120
  • BS/Finance 126
  • BS/HRIM
  • BS/HPIS
  • BS/Management
  • BS/Marketing
Faculty
  • All Faculty
  • Tenured
149% 149
52% 52
Prominent Faculty
  • Charles Elson

    Corporate Governance

  • Laurence Seidman

    Economics

  • Rick Andrews

    Marketing
  • Are work study or co-ops available? Yes
  • Description of work study / co-ops:

    JPMChase innovation Center onsite for UD student employees. Required to take 3 credits of Discovery Learning, which can be satisfied by completing an internship for credit. Each department offers an internship course specifically designed to highlight & enhance the educational value of the work experience. Career Services Center supports students? job searches, subscribes to national & int?l databases & maintains extensive online listing of local internship opportunities.

  • Is study abroad available? Yes
  • Description of study abroad programs:

    UD is a recognized leader in study abroad, with a top-10 ranking in the percentage of students it sends overseas. Business students have the opportunity to travel with faculty from all seven colleges to over 70 destinations on all seven continents including Antarctica. In addition, the College sponsors several of its own study abroad programs and works closely with the Center for International Studies on five-week semester programs designed specifically for our majors.
  • Is community service or volunteering available? Yes
  • Description of community service/volunteering:

    Community service and volunteer work are coordinated through the Office of Service Learning www.servicelearning.udel.edu. Acct. students can participate in a service learning course, ACCT 363, Service Learning & Earned Income Tax Credit.

Students

36% Students in Top 10% of High School Class 35% Students with High School GPA over 3.75
1280 75th Percentile Score on SAT 28 75th Percentile Score on ACT
Student Body Breakdown
  • International Students
  • U.S. Students
  • Male Students
  • Female Students
Ethnicity of Students
White
82% 82
Hispanic
9% 9
Asian American
3% 3
* Percentages are for U.S. citizens in most recent entering class; only top three responses shown.
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U.S. Regional Breakdown
1%
1%
53%
0%
1%
43%
Student Citizenship
U.S.
96% 96
Other Non-U.S. Citizenship
3% 3
Canada
0% 0
19 Average age of full-time students
92% Freshman retention rate
Graduation Rate
  • 4 Years
  • 6 Years
65% 65
78% 78

Alumni

Alumni Donors
Total Living Alumni 23,970
Alumni Donations
$1,357 Average Gift $2,500,000 Largest Gift
Most Prominent Alumni
  • Kenneth Whitney

    Sr. Managing Director at Blackstone Group

  • Lawrence Probst, III

    Chairman of Electronic Arts & Chair of the National Olympic Committee

  • Michael Geltzeiler

    CFO, NYSE Euronext