<p>Parents and students should be aware of UDEL's Out of State Tuition Increases prior to making their college selection.</p>
<p>As a parent of a UD OOS student Please stop the disproportional increases for OSS (most of UDEL's student population) see University</a> of Delaware announces 2011-12 tuition rates
"Over the past five years, annual in-state tuition and fees at UD increased from $7,740 in 2006-07 to $11,192 in 2011-12, a total of $3,452 and an annual average of $690. Annual out-of-state tuition and fees grew from $18,450 to $27,462 during the same period, a total increase of $9,012 and an annual average of $1,802."</p>
<p>It is anticipated that tuition will increase again for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 </p>
<p>While UDEL is a great school OOS students should not bear such a burden.</p>
<p>Is 27K for OOS tuition on par with other State flagships? I know that UC’s, Texas, Colorado, and Michigan are more than that. This seems to be in the range of other good state schools. Am I wrong? It is also less than comparable privates. Not sure I am outraged.</p>
<p>Percentage-wise, OOS tuition went up only slightly more than in-state, and it’s completely in line with comparable public universities. It’s that tuition that partly helps UD to keep expanding: academically, physically, and in terms of its reputation. I’m not outraged in the least. </p>
<p>jinxy1 is correct that the OOS tuition increases are too high. Just because UD’s tuition is close to the costs charged by some other state universities does not make it right. Why do people on this site always make excuses for the University? The list of most expensive public universities includes several schools that are clearly higher ranked than UD, such as UCLA, Berkeley, and UVA. As the parent of an OOS freshman, my main concern is the uncertainty of the next three years. I have some money saved for tuition making less than 1% in the bank, but history suggests that UD might chose to raise tuition 7% a year! Also, UD is very quiet about the increases. Maryland Governor O’Malley froze tuition at the University of Maryland for several years and kept OOS tuition relatively low. He just announced a 3% increase for state universities for next year. UD will wait until July, after new students have accepted, announce an increase, and expect the fall bill to be paid in the next month! They have already collected our spring tuition payments a month before the semester begins!</p>
<p>Universities in every state of the US are doing this. One of my other kids goes OOS to UMich and I didn’t need President Obama to appreciate UDel. I’m glad that my D had a chance to come here rather than one of our own in-state SUNYs. There just are not comparable.</p>
<p>My son will be going to RU and one factor was the uncertainty of the OOS tuition. We entertained Boulder because of the guaranteed tuition but ruled it out. How nice if Delaware would entertain that concept.</p>
<p>Don’t we all wish that tuition would be cheaper. However, no one is forcing anyone to attend UD as an out of state student, so if they price themselves too high, OOS students will go elsewhere if they don’t see the value. Since apps are up 9.8% this year, I would say that UD’s tuition is apparently still regarded as a good value for what is offered.</p>
<p>And don’t get me started on Obama…does he think that federal government can wave a magic wand at colleges to make tuition less costly?</p>
<p>Delaware is the priciest of the state schools my son applied to by quite a bit. If he gets in, which has not happened yet, the price will be a factor. Unfortunately for us, it is the closest school to home. Delaware is not a school that comes to mind when I think of top ranked state schools…It may just be too close.</p>
<p>Because Delaware is such a tiny state, it does rely on a large OOS population and probably will/would be impacted by a shift in OOS students. It is easier to get in than some of the other state schools in the Mid-Atlantic region and is still less expensive than most private schools, so who knows what the impact will be.</p>
<p>Ditto helidad - they snuck in a 7% increase in July, making it too late for incoming freshman to make another choice. And although I think UD is a great school, it doesn’t even come close to the universities on that top 10 list.</p>
<p>Traye25, UD also doesn’t come close in price to the top 10 schools. My son is at UMich and the $36k number is just tuition and fees (which go up per credit by the way after sophmore year). Add in room & board and it’s north of $50k. A friend’s son is at UVA and it’s about the same.</p>
<p>UD was $36k total this year, even before they threw in a modest scholarship for my D.</p>
<p>We’re in the same boat as MD Mom (we are in PA about 6 miles each from MD and DE) and my son attends high school in Wilmington so UDel is the closet school to us. My problem is more the 4-1-4 system. The listed “tuition” for OOS does cover the winter session and adding that in to the cost makes it almost prohibitive. I’m hoping for some merit money to make UDel more competitive for us even though DS is bucking UDel because it is so close and many of his high school friends will be attending. :)</p>
<p>First, MD Mom, I didn’t think my D would be admitted (either did she). She was and got a modest scholarship. Modest, but it certainly helps.</p>
<p>TedsMom, of course a student doesn’t <em>have</em> to attend WS. My D who is a freshman is doing it for particular family reasons and says that most freshman aren’t. In fact very few are and she was reluctant to at first because of that.</p>
<p>pamom59 - It is true that if UD prices itself too high, students can go elsewhere. However, once you start at a school, you do not want to transfer because of a surprise increase in costs. The 9.8% increase in applications for 2012 follows a 4.4% reduction in applications for 2011. The numbers are: 2012 - 24,675; 2011 - 22,473; and 2010 - 23,510. The 2012 and 2011 figures come from a recent NY Times article and the 2010 figure cam from UD’s web site link to “College Portrait”:
<a href=“http://www.collegeportraits.org/DE/UD/undergrad_admissions[/url]”>http://www.collegeportraits.org/DE/UD/undergrad_admissions</a></p>
<p>I don’t think it is realistic to expect that the tuition paid by a student will remains the same for all 4 years of college. My D goes to Pitt and tuition increased there 8.5% last year, for in state students, and 4% for out of state students.</p>
<p>One idea that I like is for schools to keep the same tuition for the student’s four years. So tuition can go up every year, but students pay the same as what they paid freshman year. The University of Kansas does that. It only is frozen for four years, so it also encourages graduating in four years.</p>
<p>When my older D started at Colgate they had a plan like that, but I think you had to prepay your tuition to get the fixed price.</p>
<p>But with the vast numbers of kids applying due to the cyclical baby boom and kids from overseas wanting to attend US schools, college today for most of our kids has became a sellers’ market. Schools can pick and choose more, demand higher stats and don’t have to commit to things like keeping tuition at set levels or low. </p>
<p>Oddly the financial crisis cuts both ways, schools, especially state schools need money. If you’re a full pay, and you “shop around” you can get into a somewhat better, especially state, school than your stats would have allowed before. But if you make that “bargain”, you have to accept that it may not be a financial bargain compared to staying in your own state.</p>
<p>Remember that tuition has and will continue to go up everywhere. Most of the schools on the top 10 list were in California and there some schools added a 12% increase on top of an already announced 10% increase. At the UCs they added a 9.6% increase over an 8% increase the year before.</p>
<p>MHC48- I’m confused. OOS tuition covers the winter session? </p>
<p>I’m keeping my fingers crossed - maybe our kids will have a more stable tuition pattern over the next four years. There is no doubt that something has to change in this economy, cutting costs has to be one of them.</p>
<p>cherryhillmom2, I thought that I’d misread TedsMom’s post. Winter Session is NOT covered in OOS tuition (or as far as I know instate either). It is separate, I think it was about about $5,500 - 5600 for tuition, room and board. And it can be considerably more if your student opts for a Winter Session abroad program, probably about $10k.</p>
<p>But there’s no obligation to attend and as I mentioned, my D says that very few freshman stayed this session. A number of her friends either got a job back home or took an online course or course at a local CC or combined one of those with a vacation with their family. Probably some just stayed home and can’t wait until school starts up again.</p>