Facts and Rankings
Enrollment
- 3,365 – Undergraduate
(Source: UD’s Office of Institutional Research Facts & Figures) - 792 – Graduate
Faculty
- 159 tenured and tenure-track faculty
Academics
- 5 departments
- 17 undergraduate majors
- 16 undergraduate minors
- 9 master’s programs
- 4 doctoral programs
Location
- 1-hour drive to Philadelphia and Baltimore
- 2-hour drive to New York City and Washington, D.C.
After Graduation
95% of undergraduate and 97% of Lerner graduate students are employed or pursuing further education. The UD Career Outcomes website shows what students do after graduation; see the employment and continuing education data for Lerner bachelor’s, masters or doctoral graduates.
- $67,470 – Average starting undergraduate salary (2023)
- $96,234 – Average graduate and MBA salary (2023)
Top Employers
- Amazon
- Bank of America
- Barclays
- BlackRock
- Citi
- Deloitte
- Enterprise
- EY
- Goldman Sachs
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KPMG
- Marriott International
- Morgan Stanley
- Paramount
- PayPal
- PwC
- TD
- Vanguard
Rankings
Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
- #28 of 50 – Top 50 Online MBA Programs, Princeton Review, 2024
- #29 of 356 – Best Online MBA Programs, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- #34 of 60 – Global online MBA rankings and an MBA program ranked in the top tier of North American programs, Global MBA Rankings (PDF), CEO Magazine, 2023
- #39 of 52 – QS Online MBA Rankings, 2023
- #46 of 51 – Best Online MBA Programs, Poets&Quants, 2024
- #49 of 100 – Best Online MBA Programs, Fortune, 2023
- #65 of 91 – Best Undergraduate Business Schools, Poets & Quants, 2024
- #72 of 233 – Best Business Administration and Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools, College Factual, 2024
- #84 of 523 – Best Undergraduate Business Programs, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- #85 of 222 – Best Online Graduate Business Schools, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- #150 (Part-time) – Best Graduate Business Schools, U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Lerner College Departments
- #7 – Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education ranked Lerner’s Hospitality Business Management department 7th among top U.S. institutions
- #14 – Wall Street Journal ranked public school in “Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Finance.” UD’s finance graduates earn 9% above the median graduate’s average annual salary in the 10 years post-graduation.
- #16 – Wall Street Journal ranked public school in “Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Accounting.” UD’s accounting graduates earn 8% above the median graduate’s average annual salary in the 10 years post-graduation.
- #31 of 50 – Top 50 Best Undergrad Programs for Entrepreneurs, Princeton Review, 2024
- College Factual’s 2024 rankings for the University of Delaware include:
- #10 of 197 in Hospitality Management
- #11 of 314 in International Business
- #12 of 250 in Management Information Systems
- #22 of 197 in Entrepreneurial Studies
- #23 of 602 in Finance & Financial Management
- #39 of 637 in Marketing
- #43 of 927 in Accounting
- #53 of 1261 in Business, Management and Marketing
University of Delaware
- #10 of 235 – Best Public Universities – Wall Street Journal WSJ/College Pulse best colleges in U.S., 2025
- #26 of 500 – Best Colleges – Wall Street Journal WSJ/College Pulse best colleges in U.S., 2025
- #36 of 227 – U.S. News Top Public Schools, 2024
- #45 of 176 – Best Colleges for Veterans, U.S. News & World Report, 2024
- #76 of 435 – U.S. News Nation’s Best Overall Universities, 2024
AACSB Accredited
For over 50 years, most Lerner business and accounting programs have been accredited by AACSB.