The number of students enrolled in the University Honors Program increased to 445 as compared to 378 last year. The average SAT score for this group is 1334. Among the new arrivals are 45 international students coming to Delaware from 19 countries, compared to 35 last fall. This year's foreign students include 12 from Japan, five from India, four from South Korea and two from South Africa. Other countries represented include the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Burma, Canada, China, Columbia, Germany, Hong Kong, Kenya, Poland, Nigeria, Liberia, Turkey, Uganda and Guyana.
Students come from all over the United States, but most are from the East Coast.
Numbers of Delaware students have risen to 1,196, from 1,108 in 1996, and 1,071 in 1995. The top 10 high schools of the Class of 2001 are all in New Castle County. St. Mark's leads again with 120 graduates enrolled in the Class of 2001. The least common date of birth, for two students, is Jan. 5. There are 12 sets of twins.