A total of 58,629 students are enrolled in Delaware colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 47,890 undergraduate and 10,739 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 81.68% and the proportion of graduate students is 18.32%.

By school level, 56,893 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 129 students enrolled in community colleges, and 1,607 students enrolled in trade schools.

For Delaware colleges, University of Delaware has the most number of students of 24,039 among 4-year colleges. For Delaware community colleges, Delaware College of Art and Design has the most students of 129 and Polytech Adult Education is the largest trade school with 750.

Student Population By School Level for Delaware Colleges

By attending status, there are 35,878 full-time students and 22,751 part-time students at Delaware colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Delaware colleges. A total of 58,629 students have enrolled in Delaware colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Delaware Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Margaret H Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical CenterPrivate, Less than 2-year515151----
Dawn Career Institute LLCPrivate, Less than 2-year308308308----
Delaware Technical Community College-TerryPublic, 4-year11,72611,7263,8787,848---
Delaware State UniversityPublic, 4-year5,8264,9964,041955830699131
University of DelawarePublic, 4-year24,03919,48218,0341,4484,5573,638919
Goldey-Beacom CollegePrivate, 4-year1,0126205348639285307
Schilling-Douglas School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year18518510382---
Wilmington UniversityPrivate, 4-year14,0209,0912,7566,3354,9291,3883,541
Delaware College of Art and DesignPrivate, 2-4 year1291291245---
Delaware Learning Institute of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year828282----
Strayer University-DelawarePrivate, 4-year27023920219311021
Academy of Massage and BodyworkPrivate, Less than 2-year116116-116---
Paul Mitchell the School-DelawarePrivate, Less than 2-year1031037825---
Hair Academy School of Barbering & BeautyPrivate, Less than 2-year121266---
Polytech Adult EducationPublic, Less than 2-year75075043707---
Delaware Technical Community College-OwensPublic, 4-year-------
Delaware Technical Community College-Stanton/WilmingtonPublic, 4-year-------
Relay Graduate School of Education - DelawarePrivate, 4-year-------