<h2>Yes, also look at higher tuition rates and fees for certain majors. Often, those costs are hidden - you have to dig deep into the college’s website to find them. For instance, Penn State charges 4K more a year for the last 2 years of their nursing program. Many colleges charge extra fees or tuition for engineering.</h2>
<p>In answer to UCBalum’s question above: </p>
<p>U. Del has a very attractive campus in a great college town. However, they are starting to price themselves out of the market, for out of state students. Fortunately, they do offer a moderate amount of need-based aid for out of state students (most public universities do not), and they do offer a moderate amount of merit aid. </p>
<p>U. Del is also well-located to attract students from all of the surrounding states - including NJ, which exports a huge percentage of their college students. U. Del also is competing against Penn State and U. Pitt, which have the no. 1 and no. 2 highest in-state tuition rates in the country among public universities. In addition, some PA. residents don’t like 40K size of Penn State-Main and prefer a more moderately sized university. Moreover, many students from the Phila. area don’t want to drive 4 hours each way to State College.</p>