University of Delaware 2020 15% Tuition Increase?

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Just an observation. but as a parent I was pricing out costs of my son to attend UDEL in Fall 2020 by simply using the 2019/2020 rates as a guide.

(https://www.udel.edu/apply/undergraduate-admissions/financing-your-degree/)

Direct costs for OOS was $48,918 (Tuition/Fee=$35,710 and R&B=$13,208)

With his merit awarded posted just recently, he clicked on the My Finances section in his portal to see his updated estimates.

Direct costs for OOS was $48,918 (Tuition/Fee=$41,140 and R&B=$13,498)

As you can see, R&B stayed about the same, but the tuition fees are $5,430 more than last year. That is a mind blowing 15% increase. Can this be right or is my math or assumptions missing something?

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Correction on my post on 2020 costs:

Just an observation. but as a parent I was pricing out costs of my son to attend UDEL in Fall 2020 by simply using the 2019/2020 rates as a guide.

(https://www.udel.edu/apply/undergraduate-admissions/financing-your-degree/)

Direct costs for OOS was $48,918 (Tuition/Fee=$35,710 and R&B=$13,208)

With his merit awarded posted just recently, he clicked on the My Finances section in his portal to see his updated estimates.

Direct costs for OOS was $54,638 (Tuition/Fee=$41,140 and R&B=$13,498)

As you can see, R&B stayed about the same, but the tuition fees are $5,430 more than last year. That is a mind blowing 15% increase. Can this be right or is my math or assumptions missing something?

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Whoa @HappyNJ ! Thank you for sharing this info. Had not thought to look. Will do so going forward.

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I didn’t do the numbers but looking at the tuition history in 2004 the increased in one year 15.2% other years it was between 2-9%

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So here is the scoop… UDEL has a “Differential Charge for Engineering, Nursing and Business & Economics” students. This started in Fall 2018 at $1,000 added a year to your tuition.

For Fall 2020, this is what you can expect as an increase to base tuition:
$4,000/year for Engineering students (ouch, this is my son)
$2,000/year for Business and Economics students
$1,500/year for Nursing students.

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Wow that’s 16k over 4 years

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This type of “up selling” is not unusual as my D18 is a student in the honors college at Clemson…$500 a semester in be in honors college, $1000 a semester to be in business school. Additional charges for specific classes in the business school. Charges for courses with labs. They hit you every which way. Sounds like UDel is similar

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So at these schools, why would business cost so much more? Are they helping significantly with recruiting process, ie placing most kids in internships out of career office vs. finding them on own?

I can understand it more for ENG, because the labs have expensive equipment (though $4K/yr is significant!)

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Yeah, a total of $44,638 including a $10K merit offer applied is a lot for OOS.

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@HappyNJ Do you think it is an additional $2,000 (Lerner) a year for 4 years or a one-time additional $2,000 payment? It is a big difference if it is $8,000 or $2,000. I sent an email to UDEL to find out.

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Off the website it states PER YEAR ADD:

$4,000/year for Engineering students
$2,000/year for Business and Economics students
$1,500/year for Nursing students

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Here is link to site: https://provost.udel.edu/differential-charge/