Delaware State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 200,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,610 (50%)
Days Without Precipitation 251 (59%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,990
Men / Women 35% / 65%
From State 51%
From Region 26%
Athletes 412 (10.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 76%
Hispanic 8%
White 6%
Mixed 6%
International 2%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture, Science and Technology 144 46% 11% 2% 65% 15% 2% $72,249 51 -0.50 81 95%
Engineering Physics 13 — 77% 8% 0% 69% 0% 15% $80,002 4 -1.41 87 100% — — — —
Computer Science 21 — 86% 14% 5% 52% 29% 0% $101,983 25 -0.67 97 100% — — — —
Applied Chemistry 3 — 33% 33% 0% 67% 0% 0% $66,353 27 -0.51 74 — — — — —
Chemistry 4 — 25% 25% 0% 75% 0% 0% $66,805 28 -0.46 74 — — — — —
Mathematics 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $64,858 19 -0.77 71 — — — — —
Physics 1 — 100% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% $68,115 11 -1.11 76 — — — — —
Biology 55 — 22% 2% 2% 76% 11% 0% $67,793 58 +0.16 76 92% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 2 — 0% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $66,009 33 -0.32 73 — — — — —
Agricultural Business and Management — — — — — — — — $63,271 19 -0.97 69 — — — — —
Agriculture 19 — 16% 26% 0% 53% 11% 5% $56,652 28 -0.45 55 96% — — — —
Natural Resource Management 5 — 60% 20% 0% 80% 0% 0% $54,791 31 -0.48 50 — — — — —
Aviation 20 — 85% 15% 0% 55% 25% 0% $70,602 7 -1.57 79 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business 73 40% 10% 0% 75% 15% 0% $66,853 35 -0.79 74 97% 7.4%
Accounting 15 — 27% 7% 0% 80% 13% 0% $78,214 31 -0.57 86 100% — — — —
Business Administration 40 — 35% 12% 0% 75% 12% 0% $61,357 12 -0.85 65 96% 7.4% — — —
Finance 11 — 73% 0% 0% 73% 27% 0% $74,816 10 -0.84 83 — — — — —
Financial Planning 3 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $74,539 10 -0.85 83 — — — — —
Hospitality Administration 4 — 0% 25% 0% 50% 25% 0% $51,559 12 -0.82 42 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education, Health and Public Policy 126 29% 11% 2% 71% 13% 2% $55,070 3 -0.61 51 97%
Nutrition and Dietetics 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $61,284 38 -0.26 65 — — — — —
Exercise Science 33 — 42% 9% 6% 70% 9% 6% $52,346 12 -1.10 44 97% — — — —
Public Health 47 — 9% 0% 0% 85% 13% 0% $55,971 18 -0.85 53 100% — — — —
Sport Management 15 — 80% 0% 0% 87% 7% 0% $52,346 17 -0.94 44 97% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 5 — 0% 20% 0% 60% 20% 0% $57,298 85 +0.74 57 93% — — — —
Elementary Education 10 — 0% 50% 0% 30% 20% 0% $57,298 85 +0.74 57 93% — — — —
Mathematics Education 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $58,467 67 +0.07 59 — — — — —
Middle Level Education 3 — 33% 67% 0% 33% 0% 0% $57,298 63 +0.26 57 93% — — — —
Physical Education 8 — 50% 25% 0% 38% 25% 0% $58,330 58 +0.07 59 — — — — —
Special Education — — — — — — — — $56,662 53 +0.11 55 100% — — — —
Art Education — — — — — — — — $57,839 92 +1.18 58 — — — — —
Music Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $58,099 95 +1.22 59 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 231 27% 8% 0% 76% 8% 2% $54,388 3 -0.29 49 95% 9.9%
Africana Studies 2 — 50% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $48,428 16 -0.86 33 — — — — —
English 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $55,083 68 +0.33 51 — — — — —
History 2 — 0% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $54,247 45 -0.26 49 — — — — —
Liberal Studies 60 — 37% 8% 0% 75% 5% 7% $61,604 79 +0.41 66 96% 8.3% — — —
Mass Communication 26 — 38% 4% 0% 92% 4% 0% $42,867 1 -1.77 19 86% — — — —
Political Science 7 — 14% 0% 0% 86% 14% 0% $53,744 5 -1.36 48 96% — — — —
Psychology 57 — 19% 11% 0% 74% 7% 0% $52,788 39 -0.35 45 96% 12.3% — — —
Social Work 26 — 15% 12% 0% 69% 15% 0% $55,943 65 +0.32 53 98% 8.6% — — —
Sociology — — — — — — — — $52,404 36 -0.41 44 — — — — —
Art 3 — 33% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $44,543 39 -0.24 23 — — — — —
Art History and Criticism 4 — 25% 0% 0% 75% 25% 0% $42,588 21 -0.72 19 — — — — —
Fashion Design 4 — 0% 0% 0% 75% 0% 0% $54,435 24 -0.71 49 — — — — —
Music 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $43,746 38 -0.32 21 — — — — —
Theatre 4 — 75% 0% 0% 75% 0% 0% $44,814 66 +0.23 24 — — — — —
Criminology 26 — 27% 4% 0% 81% 8% 4% $56,233 28 -0.50 54 96% — — — —
Legal Studies 8 — 25% 12% 0% 62% 12% 0% $55,776 26 -0.57 53 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing 21 10% 5% 0% 62% 24% 5% $91,997 91 -0.02 94 100%
Nursing 21 — 10% 5% 0% 62% 24% 5% $91,997 58 -0.02 94 100% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,210
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,952
Est. In-State Cost $14,501
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,397
ROI Percentile 66th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 70%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 39%
Transfer-Out Rate 8%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 19.5% 116 22% 9% 0% 78% 9% 0% $51,329 15 -0.58 41 94% 11.1%
Health Sciences 17.0% 101 20% 4% 2% 75% 14% 3% $62,277 6 -0.76 67 99% —
Business & Economics 14.8% 88 47% 8% 0% 77% 14% 0% $64,381 10 -0.81 71 97% 7.4%
Humanities 10.9% 65 35% 9% 2% 72% 6% 6% $60,872 79 +0.35 64 96% 8.3%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.6% 57 21% 2% 2% 75% 12% 0% $67,730 50 +0.14 75 92% —
Professional 9.1% 54 48% 9% 0% 69% 15% 2% $61,487 33 -0.91 65 96% —
Education 4.7% 28 21% 39% 0% 39% 18% 0% $57,676 75 +0.45 58 93% —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.4% 26 27% 23% 0% 62% 8% 4% $56,650 36 -0.44 55 96% —
Computer Science 3.5% 21 86% 14% 5% 52% 29% 0% $101,983 35 -0.67 97 100% —
Arts 2.9% 17 29% 6% 0% 71% 12% 0% $47,225 28 -0.27 30 — —
Engineering 2.2% 13 77% 8% 0% 69% 0% 15% $80,002 0 -1.41 87 100% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.5% 9 33% 22% 11% 56% 11% 0% $66,584 16 -0.58 74 — —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $13.0M #69 63% $0.0M — — 14 3
Life & Natural Sciences $12.3M #146 66% $0 3 #204 15 3
Humanities & Social Sciences $5.6M #187 69% $0.2M — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $5.6M #210 69% $0 3 #201 33 2
Education $3.2M #137 72% $0 36 #106 — —
Business & Economics $1.9M #161 22% $0 — — — —
Health Sciences $1.3M #225 68% $0 — — — —
Engineering $0.6M #310 90% $0.0M — — — —
Computer Science $0.3M #303 100% $0 — — — —
Total $43.7M #207 65% $0.2M 42 #276 62 8

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 91 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Track & Field (combined) 62 $565K $565K $0
Baseball 25 $318K $318K $0
Basketball 16 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Total 165 $6.4M $6.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 123 $565K $565K $0
Lacrosse 29 $348K $348K $0
Softball 29 $512K $512K $0
Soccer 27 $491K $491K $0
Volleyball 25 $692K $692K $0
Equestrian 23 $932K $932K $0
Basketball 16 $845K $845K $0
Bowling 10 $285K $285K $0
Golf 10 $188K $188K $0
Other Sports 9 $220K $220K $0
Tennis 9 $331K $331K $0
Total 247 $5.4M $5.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 185 $1.1M $1.1M $0
Football 91 $4.3M $4.3M $0
Basketball 32 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Lacrosse 29 $348K $348K $0
Softball 29 $512K $512K $0
Soccer 27 $491K $491K $0
Baseball 25 $318K $318K $0
Volleyball 25 $692K $692K $0
Equestrian 23 $932K $932K $0
Bowling 10 $285K $285K $0
Golf 10 $188K $188K $0
Other Sports 9 $220K $220K $0
Tennis 9 $331K $331K $0
Total 412 $16.0M $16.0M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 47%
Yield (non-ED) 29%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 47% 47% 47%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 28%
SAT Range 800 – 1020
SAT Math Range 380 – 500
SAT RW Range 420 – 520