University of Delaware Student Population and Demographics

UD Student Population

There are 24,412 students including 20,026 undergraduate and 4,386 graduate students at University of Delaware for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 21,912 full-time and 2,500 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,041 male and 14,371 female students.

University of Delaware is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,739 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Delaware has a total enrollment of 24,412 with a gender distribution of 41.13% male (10,041 students) and 58.87% female (14,371 students). There are 8,010 male and 12,016 female students in undergraduate school and 2,031 male and 2,355 female students are attending graduate school at University of Delaware.

Student Population By Gender
University of Delaware
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,412	10,041	14,371
Undergraduate	20,026	8,010	12,016
Graduate	4,386	2,031	2,355
Full-time	21,912	8,917	12,995
Part-time	2,500	1,124	1,376

[Chart] University of Delaware 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Delaware has 21,912 full-time and 2,500 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 18,377 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,649 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,535 students are full-time and 851 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Delaware
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	24,412	21,912	2,500
Undergraduate	20,026	18,377	1,649
Graduate	4,386	3,535	851
Men	10,041	8,917	1,124
Women	14,371	12,995	1,376

[Chart] University of Delaware Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Delaware, 1,739 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,180 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 24,412 students.

In undergraduate schools, 9,568 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,351 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Delaware
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,412	20,026	4,386
Online Exclusively	1,739	1,064	675
In Some Online Classes	9,180	8,504	676
Not In Online Classes	13,493	10,458	3,035

[Chart] University of Delaware Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Delaware. There are 21 American Indian/Native American, 14,840 White, 1,550 Black/African American, 1,370 Asian, 2,292 Hispanic, 3 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 620 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Delaware
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,412	10,041	14,371
American Indian/Native American	21	9	12
Asian	1,370	628	742
Black/African American	1,550	640	910
Hispanic	2,292	798	1,494
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	14,840	5,820	9,020
Two More	1,131	418	713
Race Un-Known	445	202	243

[Chart] University of DelawareRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Delaware.

Age Distribution
University of Delaware
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,412	20,026	4,386
Under 18	555	555	0
Age 18-19	8,910	8,908	2
Age 20-21	8,913	8,792	121
Age 22-24	2,704	1,366	1,338
Age 25-29	1,665	191	1,474
Age 30-34	774	62	712
Age 35-39	329	25	304
Age 40-49	293	19	274
Age 50-64	167	40	127
Over 64	102	68	34
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Delaware 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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