University of Delaware Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 88% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 50% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 50% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 23% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.5 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• psychology
• elementary teacher education
• English

Policies

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, two of five weeks each and one evening session of 7-1/2 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in mid-summer.

• 20% continue within one year.

• Law School: 4%
• Medical School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 3%
• Other: 12%

• U of Delaware, University of Maryland, Ohio State University, Rutgers University, Temple University, Thomas
• Jefferson Medical College, Villanova University, Widener University School of Law.

• AT&T, Big Six accounting firms, Chase Manhattan, DuPont, MBNA-America, Price-Waterhouse, Wilmington Trust.

• Joseph R. Biden, Jr., U.S. senator, Delaware; Thomas R. Carper, governor, Delaware; Bryan Gordan, Academy Award-winning director/writer; G. Dallas Green, manager, New York Mets; Dr. Mary Patterson McPherson, president, Bryn Mawr Coll; Dr. Daniel Nathans, Nobel laureate in medicine; Thomas Turcol, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist; Susan Stroman, Tony Award-winning choreographer.