
For the application year 2024 at the University of Delaware, 3,417 applicants were offered a place on the wait list, with 2,087 being accepted, resulting in a high acceptance rate of 61.09%. This marks a significant increase compared to previous years, where the acceptance rates were dramatically lower: just 4.41% for 2023 (121 out of 2,741), 2.08% for 2022 (17 out of 819), and 4.35% for 2021 (81 out of 1,861). The acceptance rate of 10.64% in 2020 indicates a substantial upward trend and variability in the wait list process at the university.