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Wilmington University

New Castle, Delaware·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·wilmu.edu
6-yr Graduation
20%
-46.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
Total enrollment
13,746
peer median 12,786
Avg net price
$15,355
-$12k vs Doctoral/Professional
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
20%-46.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
4-year graduation
12%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
22%
Full-time retention
61%

Pell equity

11.0pp gap
Pell recipients
17%
Non-Pell
6%

Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 180 Title IV programs, 35 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 145 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
180
Passing
35
19.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

180programs
  • Passing35 · 19.4%
  • No Data145 · 80.6%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
3
Safe
31
No data
145

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

35
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+8.9%
$60,955 vs $55,952
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
+14.4%
$61,346 vs $53,607
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+17.6%
$54,578 vs $46,391
Human Services General
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
+20.5%
$55,617 vs $46,158
Computer Programming
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
+31.7%
$45,832 vs $34,808
Education General
Bachelor Degree · Education
+33.1%
$46,324 vs $34,808
Special Education and Teaching
Master's Degree · Education
+38.2%
$64,126 vs $46,391
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+40.9%
$65,382 vs $46,391

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

28
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
91%
$55,570 debt · $60,955 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
70%
$45,883 debt · $65,382 earn
Educational Administration and Supervision
Doctoral Degree · Education
56%
$61,203 debt · $110,365 earn
Human Services General
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
53%
$29,274 debt · $55,617 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
53%
$32,220 debt · $61,346 earn
Public Relations Advertising and Applied Communication
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
51%
$26,496 debt · $51,766 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
50%
$27,094 debt · $54,578 earn
Computer Programming
Bachelor Degree · Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services
49%
$22,593 debt · $45,832 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs

Accredited since 2025Next review Oct 2030
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1975Next review Jan 2032

Programmatic accreditations · 7

Action history · 8

  1. Feb 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  3. Oct 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Mar 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  5. Mar 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$15,221
$30–48k$15,498
$48–75k$16,306
$75–110k$19,326
$110k+

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$15,355
-$12,311vs Doctoral/Professional median $27,667
Federal loans
47.0%
In-state tuition
$12,330
Out-of-state
$12,330

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 3,023 students received $13.5M in Pell grants, alongside $45.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
3,023
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$13.5M
$13,540,654 total
Direct Loans
$45.0M
6,288 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

3k
20
3k
21
3k
22
3k
23
3k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$7.7M
2,200 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$11.4M
2,324 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$23.8M
1,625 loan awards
Parent PLUS$436K
45 loan awards
Grad PLUS$1.6M
94 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 3,380 borrowers who entered repayment, 56 (1.6%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
3,380
Defaulted
56
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.1%
2017
8.9%
2018
6.5%
2019
1.6%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Wilmington

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs83
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

3,671 total completions
01Computer Sciences
1,14831.3%
02Business
99927.2%
03Education
52314.2%
04Health Professions
47813.0%
05Social Sciences
1484.0%
06Security/Protective
1052.9%
07Psychology
982.7%
08Liberal Arts
912.5%
09Communication
441.2%
10Public Admin
371.0%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
13,746
12-mo unduplicated
19,559
Undergraduate
12,486
Graduate
7,073

Gender split

Men
39%7,686
Women
61%11,873

Race / ethnicity composition

White
47.0%
Black
22.4%
Hispanic
16.2%
Two or more
4.5%
Asian
3.3%
Non-resident
3.1%
Unknown
2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
310
171 M · 139 W
Women athletes
44.8%
Athletic aid
$1.4M
Total student aid
Budget
$7.1M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$693K
$746K
Recruiting expense
$14K
$11K
Head-coach salaries
$22K
$21K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
43 M · 34 W
$478K
Lacrosse
43 M · 22 W
$666K
Soccer
29 M · 25 W
$602K
Baseball
43 M ·
$388K
Basketball
16 M · 17 W
$524K
Softball
· 24 W
$385K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.86
12 offenses · 14,020 students

3-year trend

0.142 yrs ago0.461 yr ago0.86Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
20
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
18
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
6
Robbery
2
Rape
1
Arson
1
Aggravated assault
1
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

12total
  • Non-campus12

VAWA offenses

17
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
17 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons30
Drugs40
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
96

Wilmington vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Wilmington selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectWilmington University
20%13,746$15,355Doctoral/Professional
St. John's University-New York
66%83.4%19,389$26,985Doctoral/Professional
Pace University
60%75.9%13,634$31,046Doctoral/Professional
Touro University
76%60.8%11,937$26,556Doctoral/Professional
Hofstra University
69%68.1%10,685$35,129Doctoral/Professional
Adelphi University
67%65.9%7,603$28,348Doctoral/Professional
Peer group median67%68.1%12,786$27,667

Frequently asked questions about Wilmington University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Wilmington.

What is the graduation rate at Wilmington University?

Wilmington University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 20% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Wilmington University?

Wilmington University reports a total enrollment of 13,746 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Wilmington University?

The average net price at Wilmington University is $15,355 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Wilmington University located?

Wilmington University is located in New Castle, Delaware 19720.

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