You need solid preparation for the real world. You’ll get it at DelVal. With over 25 degree programs, from sciences and business to humanities and liberal arts, we can help you craft a customized route to your dream.
DelVal is one of the few universities in the country to require a hands-on learning component embedded into every curriculum. You’ll get both superb in-class instruction and direct, firsthand experience from Day One. We’ve been perfecting what we call Experience360 for well over a century. In 1896, DelVal was founded on the concept of “science with practice,” and today we’re a respected leader in experiential learning. With E360’s solid background of professional development, problem-based learning and real world experiences, you’ll step into the real world with a detailed experience transcript and an impressive professional portfolio.
Food production, with its social, economic, political, and technological challenges, is one of the world’s most pressing issues. DelVal’s Agribusiness Program is designed to prepare you for a career on the business side of this dynamic world, from production and marketing to environmental and sustainability challenges.
Learn about animal behavior, nutrition, genetics, microbiology, physiology and reproduction and more. Gain hands-on experience starting in year one at DelVal’s on-campus livestock facilities, including caring for, breeding and managing beef cattle, horses, sheep and swine.
DelVal is one of the few private universities in the U.S. to offer an array of biology-related specializations – enabling you to tailor your program to your interests and goals. You’ll work with advanced instruments and equipment and benefit from many natural study areas on our 1,000 acre living laboratory and beyond.
Prepare for success in any business environment by studying with faculty who’ve worked at some of the country’s most dynamic companies. Apply what you learn in hands-on simulations, prestigious internships, and our Small Business and Entrepreneurship Center.
The need for chemists across a vast array of fields makes this a rewarding scientific career choice. DelVal’s B.S. in Chemistry degree is approved and certified by the American Chemical Society -- making its graduates highly desirable in both the competitive job and grad school arenas.
Do you dream of working with wildlife? Careers in this field are extensive, and this degree will equip you to land a rewarding and endlessly fascinating one. You’ll gain in-depth expertise in the ecology of wild animals, including their biology, relationships with each other and humans, and the environment that forms their habitat.
As one of the most popular areas of psychology, counseling psychology opens a broad world of career choices in both the public and private sectors. Your advanced, specialized training will be enhanced by hands-on sessions and experiences in the field.
Influence change and make a difference in lives with a career in the criminal justice system. You’ll explore the American justice system in depth and gather real-world experiences to prepare you for success.
Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in crop science will allow you to join one of the most important sectors of our national economy. Currently, a skilled-labor shortage in the crop science industry is leading larger agricultural companies to aggressively recruit students for internships and full-time jobs.
Learn the biology and chemistry behind managing dairy animals and making dairy products. Your coursework will be backed by hands-on experience with all major breeds in our on-campus dairy. A strong extracurricular program connects you with other DelVal students in your field.
Few careers enable you to have an impact that lasts a lifetime. A secondary education degree from DelVal is the key to following your passion for teaching and making a difference in young lives. You’ll gain knowledge through challenging coursework and solid classroom confidence through four years of intensive field experience.
Join the growing field and prepare for a career in K-12 schools or the corporate environment. Gain a practical and theoretical understanding of human development, cognitive processes, assessment, and management of individual differences in complex environments. Engage in the preparation, planning, implementation, and assessment of learning in order to make an impact in your world. Learn how research and analysis can help you develop strategies for group and individual success.
Prepare for careers that demand reading, writing and speaking skills in this program, where you’ll work closely with other students and distinguished literary studies faculty to understand how writing, meaning and society have entwined over time. Enrich your experience through academic conferences, internships, university publications work, tutoring and study abroad.
Play a direct role in protecting our planet’s air, water and soil with a degree in this wide-ranging field. As you study critical subjects like earth processes, alternative energy, pollution control, natural resource management and climate change, you’ll amass the cutting-edge knowledge you need to create a healthier environment for the world.
The business of horses is the core of this program, designed to prepare you for careers including stable and horse show management, equine product retail and veterinary practice management. You will learn to breed horses, care for foals and assist in sales in this hands-on program. Areas of specialization include Business Management, Instruction and Training, and Media and Communication.
Develop expert skills in handling, managing and breeding horses, with a focus on a career in the equine breeding industry or entry to veterinary school. Your “classrooms” will include DelVal’s on-campus Equestrian Center and Breeding Center, where you’ll apply your learning firsthand.
Our food science program will prepare you for a variety of exciting career opportunities within the food industry. You’ll do work in small, hands-on classes designed to give you firsthand experience. In our program, you will explore engaging topics such as food chemistry, product development and food quality assurance and safety.
In DelVal's food technology program you will study a range of topics that will prepare you for a career in the food industry. Courses range from nutrition, food chemistry and microbiology to product development, processing, and quality assurance and safety. Courses are specified by the Institute of Food Technologists.
Turn your passion for history into a career where you play a leadership role in developing critical issues that impact your community. Focus on public history, policy or social studies … and apply what you learn by engaging with influential public and private institutions.
Horticulture and the plant sciences are a part of everyone’s lives. If you have eaten a fruit or vegetable, seen the beauty of flowers, walked in a park or enjoyed a garden, there was undoubtedly a plant person working to provide these experiences.
This agile, flexible degree is designed to prepare you for a complex career, not a singular job. Whether you have a passion for more than one subject or just want to blend previous credits in a new custom way, IS allows you to tailor your own program around any two existing academic areas offered at DelVal. Could this be the ideal answer for you?
What is regenerative design? It’s the key to most landscape architecture today, the kind that goes beyond mere beauty to enhance our quality of life over time. As you shift from the study of existing works to grappling with real sites and real stakeholders, you’ll discover the passion that drives this inspiring and challenging field.
Are you passionate about the outdoors? Do you love to craft things by hand? Does creativity excite you? If yes, then our major in landscape design/build is for you! Whether you dream of starting a landscape business or managing an arboretum, you’ll learn green, sustainable and innovative strategies for creating inspiring outdoor spaces.
Learn how to be a digital storyteller in our media and communication program – then use these sought-after skills to communicate stories for businesses, digital news, public relations, social media platforms and more. Thanks to DelVal’s small, hands-on classes, you’ll graduate as a skilled media specialist with a wide choice of opportunities.
This growing field focuses on careers in nutrition science or the medical profession as well as preparation for a Dietitian Graduate degree. You’ll do blended work across DelVal’s chemistry, biology, mathematics, and food science departments, working in small, hands-on classes designed to give you firsthand experience.
A focus on small and companion animals opens the door to a wide range of goals from veterinary school to careers in wildlife biology, conservation, game management, zoo and aquarium management, biomedical and pharmaceutical research, wildlife rehabilitation, and more.
DelVal has focused on sustainability for over a century. Founder Joseph Krauskopf lectured and published on conservation decades before the world understood its urgency. Now, caring for the planet is a rising global priority, and DelVal draws on that legacy to give you an in-depth, hands-on education focused on stewardship, profitability and quality of life.
Love sports and working outdoors? Become an expert in the science of maintaining golf courses, sports fields, and more. Small class sizes and hands-on, on-site learning give DelVal Turf Management grads a top-flight reputation in the golf and turf industries, with a nearly 100% rate of job placement by graduation.
Do you dream of a life at the zoo? DelVal is one of a handful of universities in the country to offer a degree in zoo science. Drawing on our superb faculty, 1,000-acre living classroom, and close partnerships with five zoo/aquarium/natural sciences institutions, we can give you an in-depth, hands-on education you need to be a zoo professional.