For Delaware 4-Year Colleges, the 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees is $8,657 for Delaware residents and $16,738 for out-of-state students.
For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $14,709 for Delaware residents and $14,813 for out-of-state students.
University of Delaware has the highest undergraduate tuition & fees of $41,400 and Delaware Technical Community College-Terry has the lowest tuition & fees of $5,763 among Delaware 4-Year Colleges. For graduate programs, University of Delaware has the highest graduate tuition & fees of $20,304 and Wilmington University has the lowest graduate tuition & fees of $9,726 among Delaware 4-Year Colleges.
You can narrow Delaware colleges down into public schools and private schools to check tuition and other college costs in deep.
The average COA of Delaware 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $28,847 for state residents and $36,928 for out-of-state students including tuition, fees, books, supplies, room & board (on-campus), and other living expenses.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $8,657 | $16,738 | $14,709 | $14,813 |
| Books & Supplies | $1,616 | $1,616 | ||
| Room & Board | $15,123 | $15,123 | ||
| Other Expenses | $3,451 | $3,451 | ||
| COA | $28,847 | $36,928 | $34,899 | $35,003 |
The 2025 average undergraduate tuition & fees of Delaware 4-Year Colleges is $8,657 for state residents and $16,738 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average tuition & fees for Delaware 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years as well as recent year average tuition & fees.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $6,699 | $872 | $16,961 | $576 |
| 2021-2022 | $6,749 | $894 | $15,486 | $591 |
| 2022-2023 | $6,827 | $894 | $15,688 | $591 |
| 2023-2024 | $7,262 | $996 | $16,239 | $654 |
| 2024-2025 | $7,365 | $1,292 | $16,203 | $535 |
The average graduate program tuition & fees of Delaware 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $14,709 for state residents and $14,813 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of average graduate tuition & fees for Delaware 4-Year Colleges over last 5 years.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition | Fees | Tuition | Fees | |
| 2020-2021 | $19,662 | $689 | $17,874 | $406 |
| 2021-2022 | $11,130 | $689 | $13,810 | $408 |
| 2022-2023 | $11,391 | $696 | $13,165 | $412 |
| 2023-2024 | $12,282 | $1,571 | $13,760 | $849 |
| 2024-2025 | $13,968 | $741 | $14,378 | $434 |
The undergraduate average cost per credit hour of Delaware 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $397 for state residents and $675 for out-of-state students.
The graduate average cost per credit hour is $641 for state residents and $739 for out-of-state students.
The following table describes the changes of tuition per credit hour over last 5 years.
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-State | Out-of-State | In-State | Out-of-State | |
| 2020-2021 | $423 | $679 | $897 | $1,001 |
| 2021-2022 | $355 | $614 | $657 | $760 |
| 2022-2023 | $361 | $624 | $598 | $702 |
| 2023-2024 | $380 | $652 | $619 | $717 |
| 2024-2025 | $397 | $675 | $641 | $739 |
The average living costs of Delaware 4-Year Colleges in 2025 is $18,575 when a student lives on campus such as dormitory and school's apartment and $18,240 living off campus including room, board, and other living expenses.
The following table describes the changes of average living costs over last 5 years for Delaware 4-Year Colleges.
| On-Campus | Off-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Room&Board | Other Expenses | Room&Board | Other Expenses | |
| 2020-2021 | $12,193 | $2,017 | $9,783 | $3,039 |
| 2021-2022 | $12,337 | $2,017 | $9,618 | $3,001 |
| 2022-2023 | $13,314 | $2,680 | $10,389 | $3,126 |
| 2023-2024 | $14,114 | $3,300 | $12,336 | $3,129 |
| 2024-2025 | $15,123 | $3,451 | $14,799 | $3,441 |