Graduate School Tuition at Delaware State University

Delaware State University is a four-years, public school located in Dover, DE. It offers 28 graduate programs - 23 Master's, and 5 Doctorate. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $8,160 for Delaware residents and $14,976 for others. A total of 830 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,826 students at Delaware State.

Delaware State offers online graduate programs and 264 out of 830 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find Delaware State's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Delaware State University is a four-years, public school located in Dover, Delaware. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $8,160 for Delaware residents and $14,976 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-eight (28) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Delaware State University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1200 N. Dupont Highway, Dover, DE
Graduate School Students	801 students 264 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$8,160 Out-of-State$14,976
Student to Faculty	16:1 (6.25%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 28 Graduate Programs 23 Master's, 5 Doctorate

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Delaware State University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For Delaware residents, the tuition & fees are $8,160 and $14,976 for non-Delaware residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $637 for Delaware residents and $1,211 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$6,060	$12,876
Fees	$2,100	$2,100
Cost per Credit	$637	$1,211
Books & Supplies	$1,500
Room & Board	$13,634 (On-Campus) / $13,634 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$4,788 (On-Campus) / $5,643 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$28,082	$34,898
Off-Campus Total	$28,937	$35,753

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$5,510	$5,510	$5,510	$5,510	$8,160
Out-of-State	$11,726	$11,726	$11,726	$11,726	$14,976

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Delaware State University offers Masters, Doctorate graduate degree/certificate programs through 28 major areas - 23 Master's , 5 Doctorate .

218 students have been conferred Master's degree and 17 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	218	17	-	-
Men	47	8	-	-
Women	171	9	-	-

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

what is Agriculture program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	13		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Art Teacher Education		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Neuroscience	2		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Historic Preservation and Conservation		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Physics	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Optics/Optical Sciences	1		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Social Work	102	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$43,600	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	35	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	7	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Neuroscience			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Applied Mathematics	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Optics/Optical Sciences			NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer Science		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,200 students enrolled in Delaware State University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 801 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 226 male and 575 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 705 full-time and 96 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 264 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 92 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	801	705	96
Men Students	226	199	27
Women Students	575	506	69

By race/ethnicity 187 White, 439 Black, and 30 Asian students are attending at Delaware State University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	801	226	575
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	6	24	439
Black	439	131	308
Hispanic	48	14	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	187	40	147
Tow or More Races	31	7	24
Race Unknown	21	4	17

6 students are younger than 22 and 288 students are older than 65. The school has 359 students aged between 22 and 30 and 177 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	801
21 & Under	6
22-24	185
25-29	174
30-34	96
35-39	81
40 & Over	288

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Delaware State, 264 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 92 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	830
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	264
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	92
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	474

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	264
Delaware Resident	100
Other State In U.S.	163
Outside of U.S.	1

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