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.
$88,005
Average graduate and MBA salary
#26
Online MBA – US News & World Report
#64
Undergrad business schools – Poets & Quants
92%
Undergrads employed or pursuing graduate education with avg. salary $67,500
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.
Lerner professor Wendy Smith received the 2026 Academy of Management Annals Decade Award, recognizing her influential research on how organizations and leaders navigate competing demands and persistent tensions.
Recent Stories
University of Delaware marketing major Samantha Matisoff loved sports — especially soccer and the U.S. Women’s National Team — but her career trajectory remained uncertain. Following her sophomore year, Matisoff added sport management as a second major and never...
This article is written by Cori Burcham. During her keynote speech at the annual Personal Finance and Economic Education Conference hosted by the University of Delaware’s Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (CEEE), Shelby Borst, a social studies teacher...
This article was written by Kim Asarta. Before arriving at the University of Delaware for the Siegfried Youth Leadership Program (SYLP) Economics Camp, Joseph Bratteson hoped to better understand economics, leadership and himself. Bratteson was one of many students...
Lerner College Visiting Instructor Dan Alia recently earned the Study Abroad Faculty Director of the Year for Winter 2026 from the University of Delaware’s Center for Global Programs & Services. Last summer Alia received a call from Suresh Sundaram, a marketing...
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