Business Innovation.Real-world Success.
The University of Delaware’s business school, the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, is a hub for innovation, business and economics research and career success. With hands-on experiences and a technology-driven curriculum, Lerner equips students to navigate the evolving business world and drive change worldwide.
$96,234
Average graduate and MBA salary
#20
Online MBA – US News & World Report
#52
Undergrad business schools – Poets & Quants
95%
Undergrads employed or pursuing graduate education with avg. salary $67,470
Discover Our Faculty
Lerner faculty are dedicated educators and thought leaders whose award-winning research drives innovation in the classroom and in society. Through the distinctive Lerner education – rooted in experiential learning and informed by the latest business technologies – they prepare students to lead in a rapidly changing world.
Mark ONeill graduated from the Lerner College of Business in 1983 with a degree in Business Administration. After a successful 20-year career at Pfizer, he recently retired and now resides in Bluffton, SC. In retirement, O’Neill has embarked on a new path as a self-employed author.
Recent Stories
Sarah Mailloux graduated from the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics in 2018 with a master's of science in international business, and then with her MBA in 2021. She currently resides in Douglassville, PA and works as a state director for the Pennsylvania...
Delaware Today recently posted an article highlighting Vita Nova Restaurant, part of the Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics. The student-run restaurant located on the...
Throughout the summer and 2025-26 school year, students in UD’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics are comprising the initial class of the Lerner Co-op Program, a new year-long work-based learning initiative launched with a grant from the Delaware...
Piper Goldstein entered the University of Delaware as a fashion merchandising major and said she has loved every class she’s taken. Eve Chapman, a marketing major, declared fashion merchandising as a minor early in her tenure at UD and said that through those courses...
Spotlight On: Lerner Co-op Program
Meet the Lerner College students participating in the first year of the Lerner Co-op Program, which pairs Lerner students with companies throughout the state in paid roles as part of a year-long work-based initiative.