There are eight colleges and universities in Delaware. These institutions include two research universities, one master's university, one baccalaureate college, two associate's colleges, and two special-focus institutions. Five of Delaware's post-secondary institutions are private and three are public.
Delaware's oldest post-secondary institution is the University of Delaware, which was chartered by the Delaware General Assembly as a degree-granting college in 1833. The University of Delaware is also the state's largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrollment, as it had 22,680 students as of late 2014. According to the United States Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, the Delaware College of Art and Design is the state's smallest institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 185. Wilmington University is Delaware's largest private post-secondary institution, with an enrollment of 14,467.
Delaware has two land-grant universities: Delaware State University and the University of Delaware. The University of Delaware is also the state's sole participant in the National Sea Grant College Program and the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. In addition, Delaware State University is the one historically black college and university in the state, and is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Delaware previously had two private post-secondary institutions for men and women respectively: St. Mary's College and Wesleyan Female College respectively.
Delaware does not have a medical school, but the Delaware Institute of Medical Education and Research allows the state's residents to attend medical school at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The state has one law school, Widener University School of Law, which is accredited by the American Bar Association. All eight of Delaware's post-secondary institutions are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA). Most are accredited by multiple agencies, such as the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Speechâ€"Languageâ€"Hearing Association (ASHA), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).
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Defunct institutions
See also
- Higher education in the United States
- List of recognized higher education accreditation organizations
- Lists of American institutions of higher education
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External links
- Media related to Universities and colleges in Delaware at Wikimedia Commons
- United States Department of Education listing of accredited institutions in Delaware