University of Delaware Outcomes: $78K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do University of Delaware graduates earn?

The reported median is $77,675 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is $12,065 per year.

Mobility is University of Delaware's clearer strength, but the return evidence splits between peer earnings and model expectations. Azimuth puts its return in the 80th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $6,463 less than expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—sits in the 30th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $8,863. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $15,326.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,567. Median earnings four years after completion are $77,675, in the 86th percentile.

Comparable institutions (same type and size) have a peer median—the middle value—of $65,610; the university is $12,065 above.

Earnings vary widely by program mix at University of Delaware, from a downside scenario of $56,878 to an upside scenario of $103,390. These are scenarios rather than observed graduate groups, and they show why a schoolwide median cannot stand in for every field.

Four years after completion, Computer and Information Sciences completers have median earnings of $111,520, Computer Engineering completers have $111,388, and Health Sciences completers have $107,695. The program figures make the modeled range concrete.

An estimated 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover graduates who are working and not enrolled, that estimate matters when reading the earnings figure.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $77,675
Rank for difference from expectations: 30th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

University of Delaware reported median: $77,675
Peer schools comparable schools · $12,065 below University of Delaware: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $6,463 above University of Delaware: $84,138

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $56,878
Median · reported: $77,675
Higher estimate: $103,390

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do University of Delaware graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

University of Delaware graduates’ reported earnings are $6,463 below that expectation, the 30th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending University of Delaware caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at University of Delaware report the highest earnings?

At University of Delaware, program earnings span higher-earning and more moderate-earning fields four years after completion. Educational Administration and Supervision has median earnings of $72,710 and 23 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #1 among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs reports $55,528 in median earnings and 62 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth rank of #2 among nonprofit four-year institutions in the field. Other highly ranked fields show a wide range of earnings.

Apparel and Textiles shows median earnings of $76,595 four years after completion across 77 degrees awarded, while Azimuth ranks the field #3 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Health Sciences records $107,695 and 76 degrees awarded; its Azimuth rank is #2 among nonprofit four-year institutions in the field.

The program list combines highly ranked fields with widely differing earnings four years after completion. University of Delaware has 52 ranked bachelor’s fields.

In Azimuth’s national field rankings among nonprofit four-year institutions, Educational Administration and Supervision ranks #1, awarded 23 degrees, and has median earnings of $72,710 four years after completion. Health Sciences ranks #2, with 76 degrees awarded and median earnings of $107,695.

Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs holds a national Azimuth rank of #2, awarded 62 degrees, and shows median earnings of $55,528 four years after completion. Apparel and Textiles ranks #3, with 77 degrees awarded and median earnings of $76,595.

The rankings are strong across these fields, but their earnings figures make field choice especially consequential.

Further analysis

The program mix yields a broad set of earnings scenarios: $56,878 in the downside scenario, $77,675 in the typical scenario, and $103,390 in the upside scenario. At the upper end, Computer and Information Sciences has median earnings of $111,520 four years after completion; among the largest programs, Research and Experimental Psychology is at $63,614. The spread shows how much the range varies by field.

At University of Delaware, federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled have median earnings of $77,675 four years after completion. The earnings cohort includes 5,747 completers.

Azimuth places this earnings level in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios based on the program mix put typical earnings at $77,675, with a downside scenario of $56,878 and an upside scenario of $103,390.

For earnings beyond expectations—the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students—graduates earn about $6,463 less than the model expects for similar students. An estimated 29.9% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix.

The reported median and its percentile stand alongside earnings below model expectations, leaving a mixed return picture.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.