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Delaware State University

Dover,  Delaware
College Board code: 5153

Main Address

1200 North DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 857-6060
www.desu.edu

Admission Office

1200 North DuPont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 857-6351
(800) 845-2544
Fax: (302) 857-6352
admissions@desu.edu
Contact: L Germaine Scott-Cheatham
Director of Admissions

Type of School

  • Public
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 37%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • College Board member
  • Historically black
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
    Other characteristics: University has its own fleet of planes.

Setting

  • Suburban setting
  • Large town (10,000 - 49,999)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 3,222
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 757
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 3,222
  • Graduate enrollment: 387

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 33% In-state students
  • 67% Out-of-state students
  • 2% Part-time students
  • 62% Women
  • 38% Men
  • <1% Asian/Pacific Islander
  • 68% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 3% Hispanic
  • 7% White/Non-Hispanic
  • <1% Non-Resident Alien
  • 22% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 7% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 22% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 55% in top half of graduating class
  • 4% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 6% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 7% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 14% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 35% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
  • 32% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
  • 2% had h.s. GPA between 1.0 and 1.99