Delaware College and University Demographics

The 3 colleges and universities in Delaware offer 49 degree and certificate programs in fields ranging from astrophysics to history, general to humanities/humanistic studies.

The top-ranked school in Delaware is Delaware Area Career Center, with a nationwide rank of 67th in 2010. The school has approximately 88 students. Approximately 29% of students studying at Delaware Area Career Center choose to study Criminal Justice, making it the most popular course of study at the school.

Tuition

Although tuition varies from school to school, the average tuition for Delaware schools is $12,133 per year. In Delaware, tuition rates can vary from $36,398 per year to $36,398 per year. The school charging the highest tuition rates is Ohio Wesleyan University, while the school with the lowest tuition rates is Ohio Wesleyan University.

Financial Aid

In 2008, students at Delaware colleges received an estimated $4,982 in financial aid. Of this aid, $4,982 was in the form of institutional grants and scholarships. The highest amount of institutional grants and scholarships given to students by a local college was $2,491, which was given by Delaware Area Career Center.

Delaware Student Demographics

Delaware schools had an enrollment of 2,208 students in 2010. This is 0% of the total number of Ohio college students. With 1,893 students, Ohio Wesleyan University had the highest total student enrollment in Delaware. On the other hand, with only 88 students, Delaware Area Career Center had the lowest enrollment in the city.

Graduation and Retention Rates

For every 100 students who enroll in Delaware schools, 81 return to start their second year of college. For every 100 students who enroll in Delaware schools, 156 eventually graduate. Graduation rates, however, can vary from college to college. Delaware Area Career Center has a graduation rate of 96%, while Ohio Wesleyan University has a graduation rate of 60%.

Diversity

The ratio of female to male students enrolled in Delaware schools is 54 to 46. 100 students are over 24 years old for every 100 college students In Delaware, . For every 100 Delaware college students, 20 students identified themselves as being from a racial or ethnic minority background in 2009. The highest percentage of diverse students in Delaware in 2009 was at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, which had a minority student population that was 37% of the total student population of the school.

Delaware Faculty Demographics

Delaware schools had 790 faculty members in 2010. 43% of faculty members at Delaware schools were female. 25% of them identified themselves as being racially or ethnically diverse.

In 2009, the average faculty to student ratio was 1 to 3 for colleges and universities in Delaware. Valley Beauty School had 1 faculty for every 1 student. This was the highest faculty to student ratio for schools in Delaware.