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Delaware State University
Dover, DE · Public · 4,398 students · mostly bachelor degrees
4th-cheapest of 12 Delaware colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$13,910
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$27,939
Graduation rate
39%
Admission rate
47%
Median graduate earnings
$49,307
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$26,000
Average SAT
940
Pell grant recipients
49%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
99 programsComputer Science · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$98,411Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree66 grads/yr$94,568Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree12 grads/yr$89,641Accounting · Bachelor's Degree11 grads/yr$72,522Assistive/Augmentative Technology and Rehabilitation Engineering · Master's Degree23 grads/yr$64,094Social Work · Master's Degree90 grads/yr$63,662Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$59,689Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree39 grads/yr$59,296Social Work · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$56,937General Studies · Bachelor's Degree50 grads/yr$55,509Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Master's Degree17 grads/yr$53,944Political Economy · Bachelor's Degree19 grads/yr$53,838Criminology · Bachelor's Degree42 grads/yr$53,128Agriculture, General · Bachelor's Degree25 grads/yr$52,676Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree24 grads/yr$50,794Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$49,132Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness, General · Bachelor's Degree57 grads/yr$49,115Communication, General · Bachelor's Degree55 grads/yr$46,440
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.