University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware · Public

All 80 assessed programs leave graduates out-earning a typical Delaware high-school graduate (about $36,492/yr). Another 192 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$10,901
$30k to $48k	$10,099
$48k to $75k	$13,225
$75k to $110k	$17,401
$110k and up	$25,580
All families (average)	$17,799

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

80 of 272 programs could be assessed 29% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Delaware high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$101,605	+$65,113	clears the bar	$23,495	0.4 yrs	310
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Associate's Degree	$42,988	+$6,496	clears the bar	$6,273	1.0 yrs	235
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,614	+$27,122	clears the bar	$23,883	0.9 yrs	234
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$88,383	+$51,891	clears the bar	$24,499	0.5 yrs	216
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$76,478	+$39,986	clears the bar	$25,000	0.6 yrs	210
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$74,535	+$38,043	clears the bar	$24,235	0.6 yrs	196
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$135,799	+$99,307	clears the bar	$28,282	0.3 yrs	191
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$70,414	+$33,922	clears the bar	$24,296	0.7 yrs	188
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$98,486	+$61,994	clears the bar	$25,954	0.4 yrs	177
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$70,793	+$34,301	clears the bar	$24,336	0.7 yrs	175
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$56,301	+$19,809	clears the bar	$25,908	1.3 yrs	173
Criminology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,553	+$27,061	clears the bar	$23,375	0.9 yrs	157
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$111,520	+$75,028	clears the bar	$25,261	0.3 yrs	150
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,873	+$57,381	clears the bar	$26,000	0.5 yrs	142
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$89,105	+$52,613	clears the bar	$23,302	0.4 yrs	141
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$95,318	+$58,826	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	121
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$66,224	+$29,732	clears the bar	$23,250	0.8 yrs	116
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$107,062	+$70,570	clears the bar	$25,182	0.4 yrs	106
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$105,425	+$68,933	clears the bar	$26,301	0.4 yrs	97
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$103,910	+$67,418	clears the bar	$26,000	0.4 yrs	94
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$59,009	+$22,517	clears the bar	$25,000	1.1 yrs	87
Apparel and Textiles	Bachelor's Degree	$76,595	+$40,103	clears the bar	$22,250	0.6 yrs	77
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$107,695	+$71,203	clears the bar	$26,168	0.4 yrs	76
English	Bachelor's Degree	$56,243	+$19,751	clears the bar	$25,500	1.3 yrs	75
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,175	+$64,683	clears the bar	$25,752	0.4 yrs	72
Cognitive Science	Bachelor's Degree	$66,716	+$30,224	clears the bar	$25,334	0.8 yrs	71
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$56,133	+$19,641	clears the bar	$26,298	1.3 yrs	67
History	Bachelor's Degree	$55,388	+$18,896	clears the bar	$22,518	1.2 yrs	65
Human Services	Bachelor's Degree	$55,209	+$18,717	clears the bar	$23,250	1.2 yrs	64
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs	Bachelor's Degree	$55,528	+$19,036	clears the bar	$24,750	1.3 yrs	62
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$71,102	+$34,610	clears the bar	$22,850	0.7 yrs	55
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$87,015	+$50,523	clears the bar	$25,000	0.5 yrs	53
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	$59,620	+$23,128	clears the bar	$25,000	1.1 yrs	52
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$42,567	+$6,075	clears the bar	$25,130	4.1 yrs	42
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,725	+$25,233	clears the bar	$23,197	0.9 yrs	40
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$41,103	+$4,611	clears the bar	$24,998	5.4 yrs	40
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$63,799	+$27,307	clears the bar	$25,908	0.9 yrs	40
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$64,715	+$28,223	clears the bar	$24,748	0.9 yrs	35
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$67,742	+$31,250	clears the bar	$26,000	0.8 yrs	35
Agriculture, General	Bachelor's Degree	$57,207	+$20,715	clears the bar	$24,408	1.2 yrs	34
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	$65,776	+$29,284	clears the bar	$25,195	0.9 yrs	33
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$97,567	+$61,075	clears the bar	$25,000	0.4 yrs	32
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$61,443	+$24,951	clears the bar	$24,411	1.0 yrs	31
Special Education	Master's Degree	$60,626	+$24,134	clears the bar	$25,685	1.1 yrs	31
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$76,327	+$39,835	clears the bar	$27,000	0.7 yrs	30
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$49,145	+$12,653	clears the bar	$25,334	2.0 yrs	30
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$87,497	+$51,005	clears the bar	$23,250	0.5 yrs	30
Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	$95,648 1-year earnings	+$59,156	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$64,020	+$27,528	clears the bar	$26,000	0.9 yrs	29
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$49,999	+$13,507	clears the bar	$22,683	1.7 yrs	27
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$64,350	+$27,858	clears the bar	$25,410	0.9 yrs	27
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	$112,400	+$75,908	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$123,993 1-year earnings	+$87,501	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$85,704	+$49,212	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$56,895	+$20,403	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$84,376	+$47,884	clears the bar	$25,908	0.5 yrs	24
Educational Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$72,710	+$36,218	clears the bar	$25,000	0.7 yrs	23
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$111,388	+$74,896	clears the bar	$26,363	0.4 yrs	22
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$73,464	+$36,972	clears the bar	$63,245	1.7 yrs	22
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$101,502	+$65,010	clears the bar	$25,740	0.4 yrs	22
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$84,428	+$47,936	clears the bar	$24,597	0.5 yrs	21
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$77,421	+$40,929	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$74,190	+$37,698	clears the bar	$25,334	0.7 yrs	19
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$52,110	+$15,618	clears the bar	$19,500	1.2 yrs	19
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	$161,693	+$125,201	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Music	Master's Degree	$66,502	+$30,010	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$76,631	+$40,139	clears the bar	$26,950	0.7 yrs	17
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$68,084	+$31,592	clears the bar	$25,250	0.8 yrs	17
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$74,475	+$37,983	clears the bar	$26,572	0.7 yrs	16
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$113,543	+$77,051	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$74,606	+$38,114	clears the bar	$20,500	0.5 yrs	13
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$39,362 1-year earnings	+$2,870	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$64,955	+$28,463	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	$52,059	+$15,567	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$75,858	+$39,366	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$86,644	+$50,152	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Nursing	Master's Degree	$133,949	+$97,457	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$84,379	+$47,887	clears the bar	$79,718	1.7 yrs	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$84,745	+$48,253	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$63,443	+$26,951	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	64
Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Public Relations and Advertising	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	31
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
International Business	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Teacher Education (by level)	Associate's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Construction Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Landscape Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Biotechnology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Civil Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Research Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Computer and Information Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Applied Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Computational Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Historic Preservation and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Health Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Plant Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Zoology/Animal Biology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Materials Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Nursing	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Historic Preservation and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biomedical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Economics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Hospitality Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Chemical Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Human Development and Family Studies	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Geography and Environmental Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Animal Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($36,492/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.