American College Delaware is based in Claymont, five miles to the north of Delaware’s corporate capital and largest city, Wilmington. The campus enjoys immediate access to the I-95 freeway corridor, close proximity to Philadelphia International Airport (twenty minutes’ drive away, with daily direct flights to Dublin and a host of other international and domestic destinations), and lies within five minutes’ drive of Wilmington railway station, from where there are regular departures north to 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA (25 minutes’ journey) and Penn Station, New York, NY (90 minutes); and south to Baltimore Washington International Airport, Baltimore, MD (35 minutes) and Union Station, Washington DC (90 minutes). Bus services also depart regularly from the train station to these and wide range of other local and national destinations.
American College Delaware’s central location in the heart of the north-eastern seaboard, close to the manifold cultural amenities of Philadelphia and half-way between Washington DC and New York City, provides a wealth of educational, recreational, social and career opportunities for business and liberal arts students. There are many areas of interest in the immediate vicinity of the campus: American College Delaware is situated in the Brandywine Valley (recently featured in National Geographic’s ‘Drives of a lifetime’ series), with an array of local attractions including the Du Pont estates and museums of Hagley, Winterthur and Nemours, Brandywine Battlefield, Longwood Gardens, and the city of Wilmington itself. An annual summer study programme in American history and civilization, open to American College Dublin and Delaware students, as well as general study abroad students, includes among its day field trips not only visits to these local sites, but also the White House, the Capitol, Independence Hall, Gettysburg, the Empire State Building, Wall Street’s American Museum of Finance, Baltimore Inner Harbor and Atlantic City. Outdoor pursuits are very popular, with skiing possibilities in Pennsylvania in winter and a variety of beaches and outdoor entertainments in Delaware and the Jersey Shore in summer.