Founded in 1896, Delaware Valley College is a private, coeducational four-year college enrolling approximately 2,000 undergraduate students in the day, Evening and Weekend degree programs and over 100 in the Masters Program. The college is accredited by the Commission of Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, its Chemistry program is approved by the American Chemical Society, and its Food Science Specialization in the Food Science and Management Department is approved by the Institute of Food Technologists.

The college is a member of the American Council on Education, the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, the North American Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Middle Atlantic Conference, and the National Intramural Association, as well as numerous professional organizations related to its major programs.

Delaware Valley College offers baccalaureate programs in Agriculture (with designated degree programs in Agribusiness, Agronomy and Environmental Science, Animal Science, Animal Biotechnology and Conservation, Dairy Science, Food Science and Management, Horticulture, and Ornamental Horticulture and Environmental Design), English and Communications, Business Administration, Computer Information Systems Management, Criminal Justice Administration, Biology, Chemistry, Secondary Education, and Mathematics. The college can certify secondary school teachers in seven different areas of specialization. Associate of Science programs in Equine Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming, and Supervision, Administration, and Management are also offered by the college. Additionally, in cooperation with Middle Bucks Institute of Technology, the college offers an associate’s degree and certificate in Culinary Arts and Technology. Delaware Valley College currently provides a Master of Science Degree in Educational Leadership and a Master of Business Administration. This graduate program is primarily designed for practicing educators who want to become administrators or supervisors in the K-12 school system.

In addition to its academic programs the college offers a wide range of extracurricular activities and affairs-including student publications, the Band, the Chorale, a full range of both intercollegiate and intramural athletic programs and both major-oriented and interest-focused student clubs. All of these elements of the college’s program are aimed at the objective of developing an open-minded career professional capable of expanding his or her horizons in a future of unlimited possibilities.