OpenFieldWilmU · New Castle, Delaware, United States
Wilmington University (WilmU) is a private, nonprofit doctoral research institution founded in 1968 in New Castle, Delaware. Nationally recognized for accessible career-oriented education, cybersecurity, healthcare and doctoral nursing practice, business administration, and educational technology, WilmU serves as a primary provider of flexible degree programs for working professionals and international scholars throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
WilmU comprises seven colleges: the College of Technology, College of Health Professions & Natural Sciences, College of Business, College of Education & Liberal Arts, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Law, and the Division of Doctoral Studies. The university is a designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD).
Undergraduate admissions evaluate high school diplomas or equivalencies with open, test-optional policies. Graduate doctoral and master's admissions require an accredited bachelor's or master's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, professional resume, personal statement, and English proficiency (TOEFL 79+ or IELTS 6.5+). Merit scholarships and graduate assistantships are available.
NSA/CAE-CD designated doctoral degree preparing cybersecurity C-suite executives, researchers, and policymakers in zero-trust architecture, cloud security governance, critical infrastructure defense, and adversarial threat modeling.
CCNE-accredited terminal practice degree equipping advanced practice nurses and healthcare executives with systems-level leadership, epidemiology, translational healthcare informatics, and clinical policy advocacy.
Practical STEM master's exploring enterprise cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure, conversational AI deployment, business process automation, and data pipeline security.
IACBE-accredited doctoral business degree designed for corporate leaders, concentrating on econometric forecasting, applied organizational research, global marketing governance, and change management.
Applied environmental master's utilizing Delaware Bay coastal wetlands to study environmental impact assessment, spatial GIS cartography, watershed hydrology, and coastal resilience.
Advanced criminal justice degree exploring federal digital evidence recovery, dark web financial tracking, constitutional criminal procedure, and homeland security counter-extremism.
Director of Cyber Defense Education and Assistant Professor of Technology
College of Technology
Dr. Mark Hufe leads WilmU's CAE-CD designated cybersecurity programs, researching SCADA industrial control vulnerability detection, penetration testing simulati...
View researcher profile ↗Chair of Doctoral Nursing Programs and Associate Professor
College of Health Professions & Natural Sciences
Dr. Angela Herman investigates healthcare systems leadership, chronic illness self-management in underserved populations, and evidence-based nursing interventio...
View researcher profile ↗Assistant Professor of Business and Analytics
College of Business
Dr. Donald Dawson researches predictive corporate analytics, ethical algorithmic decision-making in financial lending, and econometric forecasting models for Mi...
View researcher profile ↗OpenField is an independent research platform not officially affiliated with Wilmington University. Information reflects public documentation reviewed on 2026-10-16. Students must verify application deadlines, fee structures, and prerequisite details directly with official university admissions departments before applying.
Updated 2026-10-16 · Editorial policy · Submit corrections