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

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...

Julia Birchfield Named Among Poets&Quants Best and Brightest

Julia Birchfield, a senior marketing and global enterprise management double major in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, has been selected among the “Best and Brightest Business Majors” by Poets&Quants. Birchfield, a...

Lerner Welcomes New Faculty: Jim Kaden

This year, the UD Alfred Lerner College welcomed several new faculty members into its community. Jim Kaden is a visiting instructor of sport management; he spoke with Lerner his vast experience in the athletics profession and what brought him to UD.  Lerner: What is...

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.