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.

$90,870

Average graduate and MBA salary

#26

Online MBA – US News & World Report

#64

Undergrad business schools – Poets & Quants

95%

Undergrads employed or pursuing graduate education with avg. salary $70,000

Discover Our Faculty

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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.

Recent Stories

Outstanding Lifelong Lerner: Coleson Weir

Coleson Weir, a 2022 graduate of the University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business and Economics with an M.S. in Economics and Applied Econometrics, is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Notre Dame. Now based in Naples, Florida, Weir...

Lerner Welcomes New Faculty: Jared Sharpe

This year, the UD Alfred Lerner College welcomed several new faculty members into its community. Jared Sharpe is an assistant professor of management information systems; he spoke with Lerner about his research focus and how he got into this career field.   Lerner:...

Lerner Profs Define Greed as Harmful to People, Society

For Kaitlin Takacs-Haynes, professor of management in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, studying greed has been on her mind since having a conversation with a colleague during the 2008 financial crisis. “My first study came...

Lerner Graduate Student Stories: Ravinder Ramalingam

Ravinder Ramalingam, director and co-founder of White Giant Cashews, a cashew manufacturing company based in Tamil Nadu, India, is pursuing a part-time MBA with a specialization in entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College...

Spotlight On: Lerner Co-op Program

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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.