Wilmington University Business Programs

Located in New Castle, Delaware, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit institution. New Castle is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Wilmington University Rankings

Out of the 5 colleges in Delaware, Wilmington University is ranked at #2.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Wilmington University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Management Information Systems Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Wilmington University has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#8	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#10	Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#10	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#30	Best General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is Wilmington University?

Contact details for Wilmington University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	320 Dupont Hwy, New Castle, DE 19720
Phone:	877-967-5464
Website:	www.wilmu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/WilmingtonUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/theWilmU

How Do I Get Into Wilmington University?

You can apply to Wilmington University online at: www.wilmu.edu/admission/applyonline.aspx

Since Wilmington University has an open admissions policy, you should not have any trouble getting into the school as long as you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.

Can I Afford Wilmington University?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Wilmington University, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $4,578 a year. That adds up to $18,312 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wilmington University is 6.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Wilmington University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 9,421 undergraduate students at Wilmington University, with 3,107 being full-time and 6,314 being part-time.

There are also 5,348 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,107 full-time undergraduates at Wilmington University, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wilmington University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	82
Black or African American	556
Hispanic or Latino	361
White	1,644
International Students	247
Other Races/Ethnicities	217

Geographic Diversity

Delaware students aren't the only ones who study at Wilmington University. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 77 countries are represented at Wilmington University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

Online Learning at Wilmington University

In 2019-2020, 12,423 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Wilmington University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Delaware for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Wilmington University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Wilmington University was $11,480 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Wilmington University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#9	#6
Organizational Behavior Studies	#12	#4
Marketing	#15	#9
Management Information Systems	#25	#7
General Management Information Systems	#25	#7
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#33	#12
Accounting	#35	#11
Accounting	#38	#14
Human Resource Management	#61	#19

Online Affordability Rankings of Wilmington University Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Wilmington University was $11,480 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Wilmington University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business/Corporate Communications	#1	#1
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	#1	#1
Accounting and Business/Management	#1	#1
Digital Marketing	#1	#1
Business/Corporate Communications	#1	#1
Organizational Behavior Studies	#3	#3
Accounting and Finance	#4	#4
Public Relations & Advertising	#7	#4
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#10	#10
Business Statistics	#10	#4
General Management Information Systems	#13	#13
Finance	#16	#16
Marketing	#16	#16
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#21	#21
Accounting	#22	#22
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#23	#11
Finance & Financial Management	#25	#22
Management Information Systems	#25	#25
Organizational Leadership	#27	#27
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#27	#21
Accounting	#28	#25
Human Resource Management	#37	#28

Online Growth Rankings of Wilmington University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wilmington University was 15.8%. This is the #634 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wilmington University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Wilmington University ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Wilmington University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Digital Marketing	#1
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	#1
Business/Corporate Communications	#4
Business/Corporate Communications	#4
Business Statistics	#12
Organizational Behavior Studies	#19
Accounting and Business/Management	#28
Public Relations & Advertising	#38
Accounting and Finance	#44
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#49
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	#57
General Management Information Systems	#69
Finance	#72
Management Information Systems	#83
Organizational Leadership	#98
Finance & Financial Management	#109
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#117
Marketing	#144
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#145
Human Resource Management	#176
Accounting	#211
Accounting	#371

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Wilmington University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	135	492	26	653
Organizational Behavior Studies	87	0	0	87
Finance	23	52	0	75
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	49	22	0	71
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	57	0	0	57
Accounting	30	26	0	56
General Management Information Systems	0	21	0	21
Accounting and Business/Management	0	18	0	18
Accounting and Finance	18	0	0	18
Organizational Leadership	0	0	11	11
Business Statistics	0	10	0	10
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	6	0	6
Digital Marketing	3	0	0	3
Business/Corporate Communications	0	2	0	2
Communication Management and Strategic Communications	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	402	649	37	1,088

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Chris Light under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.