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Goldey-Beacom College

Wilmington, Delaware Private nonprofit 4-year Large suburb

Overview

Goldey-Beacom College is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Wilmington, Delaware. The campus sits in a large suburban area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,001, made up of 697 undergraduates and 304 graduate students.

Goldey-Beacom College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 30 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Finance, Business Administration and Management, and Psychology, General. It awarded 352 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 14 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

72% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

Key figures

1,001
Students enrolled
72%
First-year retention
352
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
30
Programs and majors
18:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 30

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Business, Management and Marketing 14
Psychology 3
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Health Professions 1
  • Health CertificateBachelorMaster Online option 5 graduates
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Communication and Journalism 1
Computer and Information Sciences 3
English Language and Literature 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
72%
First-year retention, part-time students
50%
Student-to-faculty ratio
18:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
155
Associate degrees
13
Master's degrees
161
Doctoral degrees (research)
3
Postbaccalaureate certificates
20

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,001
Undergraduates, fall 2024
697
Graduate students, fall 2024
304
Full-time, fall 2024
70%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,290
Undergraduates, 2024-25
825
Graduate students, 2024-25
465
Full-time, 2024-25
59%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
53%
Men
47%
White
32%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
17%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
27%
Race or ethnicity unknown
4%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
14
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
22%
Students taking some online courses
54%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large suburb
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
President
Colleen Perry Keith
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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