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DCAD was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
See all of the rankings for Delaware College of Art and Design.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 98%, some consider DCAD to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
The student to faculty ratio at DCAD is an impressive 10 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Delaware College of Art and Design is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Delaware College of Art and Design enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 107 undergraduates at DCAD with 95 being full-time and 12 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $27,638 | $30,540 | $33,621 | $34,858 | $39,094 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of DCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At DCAD, approximately 82% of students took out student loans averaging $7,577 a year. That adds up to $30,308 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at DCAD is 6.3%. 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.
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Get more details about the location of Delaware College of Art and Design.
Contact details for DCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 600 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19801-3007 |
| Phone: | 302-622-8000 |
| Website: | www.dcad.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 5 students took at least one online class at Delaware College of Art and Design. This is a decrease from the 107 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 107 | 107 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Delaware College of Art and Design.
Footnotes
*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.
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