University of Delaware | |
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City: | Newark, Delaware |
Type: | Semi-Private |
Sports: | baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, indoor track and field, lacrosse, outdoor track and field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball[1] |
Colors: | blue, gold |
Mascot: | Fightin' Blue Hens |
Degrees: | Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral[2] |
Website: | http://www.udel.edu/ |
The University of Delaware is a Delaware private university founded in 1743 as a small academy.[3] The school ranked #71 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[4]