USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: University of Delaware: Services & Facilities

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716

Basic services offered:: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial learning services offered:: reading, math, writing, study skills, other
Counseling services offered:: minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Career services include:: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Within six months of graduation:: 72%
Within one year of graduation:: N/A
Within two years of graduation:: N/A
Firms that most frequently hire graduates:: Air Products and Chemicals; Ameriprise Financial; Bank of America; Barclays Capital; Black and Decker; Bloomberg; Boscov's; Christiana Care; Cintas; Dade Behring; Deloitte and Touche; DuPont Co.; Ernst and Young; ExxonMobil; Federated Department Stores; Grant Thornton LLP; JPMorgan Chase; KPMG LLP; Marriott; Morgan Stanley; Peace Corps; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Progressive Insurance; Prudential Financial; Reznick Group; Rothstein Kass and Co.; Sunoco; T. Rowe Price; Target; Teach for America; Vanguard; W.L. Gore and Associates; Wal-Mart; Wolseley

School has a library on campus?: Yes
School is a member of library consortia?: Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:: 2,704,986
Number of current serial subscriptions:: 12,532
Number of microforms:: 3,428,291
Number of audiovisual materials:: 145,835
Number of E-books:: 317,560
Additional library facilities:: The University of Delaware Library collections parallel the University's academic interests and are broadly based and comprehensive. The University of Delaware Library is an innovator in identifying, acquiring and making accessible a broad range of electronic library resources via its web site at [www.lib.udel.edu]. The Library provides access to more than 40,000 current electronic journals and newspapers and more than 240 online databases covering all disciplines.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:: The University Museums house three major collections on the University's Newark Campus: The Paul R. Jones Collection, the University Gallery Collection and the Mineralogical Msueum. The Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art, a gift to the University in 2001, is housed in Mechanical Hall, an historic 19th-Century campus building that recently underwent a $4.6 million renovation.

Students required to take a computer course?: No
Students required to lease/own a computer?: No
Number of computers available to all students:: 1,167
Internet access available to all students?: Yes
E-mail accounts available to all students?: Yes
Computers available for student use in:: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

In the library (excluding computer labs):: 667
In classrooms:: 900
In computer labs:: 1,150
Elsewhere in the school/university:: 300
Does the school have a wireless network?: Yes
Areas where wireless network is available:: in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:: 5,000
Recommended computer operating system on campus:: Microsoft Windows
Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:: 100%
Student webpages permitted?: Yes
Is online registration for classes available?: Yes

Campus safety and security services offered:: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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