Kent County Today

In-state tuition and fees were unchanged for 2018-19 at Delaware State University, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Delaware residents paid $7,868 to attend the four-year public institution in both the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years.

Non-residents paid 114.8 percent more than residents this year, or $16,904. Their price tag was unchanged from $16,904 in 2017-18.

About 36 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Delaware residents. About 57 percent are residents of other states and 3 percent are citizens of other countries.

Data shows 99 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 890 students received grants or scholarships totaling $9.1 million and 714 students took out student loans totaling more than $5.3 million.

Including all undergraduates (4,586), 3,090 students used grants or scholarships totaling $31.2 million, and 2,661 students took out $18.1 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~1,651	$7,531	$7,532	$7,868	$7,868	4.5%
Out-of-state	~2,614	$16,138	$16,138	$16,904	$16,904	4.7%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Delaware State University in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	586	62%	$2,888,110	$4,929
State / local grant or scholarship	344	37%	$1,896,069	$5,512
Institutional grants or scholarships	595	63%	$4,343,408	$7,300
Grant or scholarship aid total	890	95%	$9,127,587	$10,256
Federal student loans	708	75%	$4,746,968	$6,705
Other student loans	35	4%	$523,837	$14,967
Student loan aid	714	76%	$5,270,805	$7,382
Total student aid	931	99%	-	-