Delaware State University
Dover, Delaware
- Public
- City
- 4,398 undergrads
- HBCU
- Admit rate
- 47%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $19,832per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 41%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $51,86410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Delaware State University offers a four-year, full-tuition Inspire Scholarship to eligible Delaware high school graduates who enroll full time right after graduation with at least a 2.75 cumulative GPA.
Source: Inspire Scholarship
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 47%About 5 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 800–1020Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 20–24Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $19,832full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $33,669sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $11,214Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $21,204Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 41%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 70%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $51,86410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 4,398Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 49%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 36%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI — admits 70%
- University of Southern Maine Portland, ME — admits 79%
- Clayton State University Morrow, GA — admits 68%
- Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX — admits 94%
Also worth a look
- Grambling State University Grambling, LA — admits 45%
- Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA — admits 35%
- State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY — admits 62%
- University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR — admits 59%
- Alabama A & M University Normal, AL — admits 58%
- SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY — admits 66%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Delaware State University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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