Wilmington University
Private College in New Castle, DE. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $53,844.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $53,844 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Completion is the weak point: 22% graduate within six years. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Academics
Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. First-year retention is 61% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. 30% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The part-time picture is harder: 31% return, against 61% full-time.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,497 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $14,385 annually, well below typical undergraduate net price. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($15,500 versus $19,644), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 31% get grants, which means the net price above will not apply to most applicants. About 50% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 235 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $15,500 |
| $30–48k | $15,920 |
| $48–75k | $16,623 |
| $75–110k | $19,644 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 4,270 of these 8,497 students, totalling $24,602,555 — an average of $5,762 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New Castle County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)