+28%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Delaware State University rose 28% between 2021 and 2024 ($8.4k → $10.7k).
Delaware · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Delaware State University
Dover, Delaware. 4,630 undergraduate students. 84 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Delaware State University
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-17%
150%-time completion
150%-time completion at Delaware State University fell 17% between 2021 and 2024 (47.0% → 39.1%).
-15%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Delaware State University fell 14% between 2021 and 2024 (32.9% → 28.2%).
+13%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Delaware State University rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 ($18.3k → $20.6k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Delaware
Each tile compares this institution to the Delaware median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$49,307+31% · 6→10y
Delaware median $38,242$37,503
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry38.7%+31% · '97→'24
Delaware median 51.5%$17,500+292% · '97→'20
At program completion4,630+45% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS72.3%+9% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time61.7%-31% · '01→'24
latest cohort$10,314+207% · '00→'24
out-of-state $20,250SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.7%Median federal debt $17,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $49,307 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+31%
Delaware State University · completion · 150% rose
29.9% → 39.1%
+211%
Delaware State University · completion · 100% rose
9.1% → 28.2%
+45%
Delaware State University · undergrad enrollment rose
3,030 → 4,398
+207%
Delaware State University · in-state tuition rose
$3,470 → $10,670
+172%
Delaware State University · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,580 → $20,634
+292%
Delaware State University · median debt rose
$6,625 → $26,000
-100%
Delaware State University · cohort default rate fell
13.5% → 0.0%
+30%
Delaware State University · earnings_median_10yr rose
$37,900 → $49,307
+23%
Delaware State University · earnings_median_8yr rose
$35,100 → $43,083
+27%
Delaware State University · earnings_median_6yr rose
$29,500 → $37,503
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$84,512Accounting and Related Services.$71,308Business Administration, Management and Operations.$64,689Social Work.$57,232Public Health.$55,503Criminology.$54,256Social Work.$53,288Biology, General.$51,021Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$50,397Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.$49,938Agriculture, General.$47,478Psychology, General.$46,122Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$45,739Communication and Media Studies.$45,630
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
14 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
AGRICULTURE · CIP 01
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Delaware State University
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$203,919
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 19
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,445
- HS-only baseline · DE
- $38,900
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 44
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Delaware
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Delaware State University graduates earn $X” — not “Delaware State University makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Delaware State University caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.