Goldey–Beacom College is a private college in Pike Creek Valley, Delaware. Its setting is suburban with the campus size of 24 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar and the college is authorized to award certificates/diplomas, associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees. It has a community with a global perspective, with alumni from 65 nations and 28 states of the United States.

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Goldey–Beacom College is unranked in the U.S. News & World Report academic rankings. In addition, the Lightning ranked 224th in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.Goldey-Beacom was one of four schools from the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference to be named in the rankings