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.
Wendy K. Smith, Dana L. Johnson Professor of Management and recipient of the UD’s Francis Alison Award — the first faculty member from the Lerner College to earn the honor — will deliver her lecture on paradox theory, exploring how “both/and” thinking strengthens leadership, decision-making and innovation in complex times.
Recent Stories
The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has been included in Poets&Quants’ 10 Business Schools to Watch of 2026. The publication’s writeup includes comments from Lerner Dean Oliver Yao and Associate Dean for Graduate Programs...
With the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games underway, sport management professors in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics gave their perspectives on several economic aspects of the Games. Instructor of Sport Management John...
Kameron Manning enlisted in the United States Air Force in 2017 and quickly advanced to president of the Airmen Council, a role in which he would hold meetings where all the airmen in his rank would voice their problems or concerns, and then brief the base commander....
The University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics hosted its annual Management Research Summit on January 30 in the FinTech Innovation Hub. The theme of this year’s summit was “Management Research in Times of Uncertainty.” The event included...
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.