Delaware Valley University, otherwise known as DelVal, is a small school located about thirty miles outside of Philadelphia. DelVal was originally founded as an agriculture school, but now strives to bring its 1,700 undergraduates an interdisciplinary education with a curriculum that relies on an experiential learning component called E360. This is very apparent in the more than 1,000 acres of land that act as living laboratories for students to get hands-on opportunities in environmental, agriculture, and animal sciences. There is a lot of technology integrated into the programs, many work-study opportunities that you cannot find at other schools, and plentiful farm opportunities for lucky animal science majors that provide a foot in the door for a job.
Professors at DelVal are devoted, enthusiastic and eager to teach, and they try to make the material interesting and understandable. They want to see students succeed and are usually enthusiastic to help. Small classes (with no TAs) offer students the ability to be deeply involved with their learning and to create relationships with the professors in the classes and network for different careers. Often times, students utilize the campus for teaching moments: the landscape majors learn on the school grounds, greenhouses and school farm land are used heavily by professors and used to teach students. Many teachers will use the campus in other ways, such as taking walks or having class outside if the weather is good.
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