unitid 130934 · Dover, DE · public 4-year · city (small)
Delaware State University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,462
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
47%
9th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
4,398
46th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
49%
undergrads on Pell grants
85th pctl among public 4-years
completion
39%
finish within 150% time
36th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,939
80th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,910
after aid, aided students
59th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,307
after entry, Title IV students
47th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$26,000
95th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,135 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $39,554
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,670
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Work. | 90 | $57,232 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 66 | $84,512 | $29,861 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 57 | $45,739 | $27,125 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 55 | $45,630 | $26,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 50 | $49,938 | $24,980 |
| Psychology, General. | 45 | $46,122 | $26,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 45 | $64,689 | $26,000 |
| Criminology. | 42 | $54,256 | $26,750 |
| Biology, General. | 39 | $51,021 | $26,000 |
| Social Work. | 31 | $53,288 | $25,000 |
| Agriculture, General. | 25 | $47,478 | $23,625 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 24 | $50,397 | $25,651 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.