The University of Delaware is a unique private as well as a public University, which was established in 1743. It is a privately chartered university that also receives some state assistance and hence its unique status! This University is one of the three Universities in the country which have Land Grant, Space Grant, Sea Grant, and Urban Grant status. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching considers the University of Delaware as “a research university with very high research activity”. The University offers a broad range of programs that include 4 associate degree programs, 130 bachelor’s degree programs, 110 master’s degree programs, and 43 doctoral degree programs.
Its Engineering school, the College of Engineering, was ranked 47th in the engineering graduate program while its undergraduate program was ranked 55th by the U.S. News and Reports in 2018. For more information https://www.gyandhan.com/schools/university-of-delaware