Volume 2/Number 1

1999

UD sets tuition for 1999-2000 academic year

The new annual tuition rates are $4,380 for Delawareans, up $130 over last year, and $12,750 for nonresidents, up $500.

"Providing the highest possible quality to our students and their families at a reasonable cost is one of the University's most important priorities," President David P. Roselle said, "and, through careful management, we have been able to keep tuition increases to a modest amount. I'm proud that, for the past four years, we have been able to hold the increase for Delaware students below 3.5 percent and the increase for nonresident students below 5 percent.

"It is important to note that while working to keep tuition costs down, we also have been working to increase the financial aid available to our students," Roselle said. "For Delaware students, tuition on a per-student basis has increased by only $990 since 1992-93. Over the same time, our average financial aid on a per-student basis for Delaware students has increased $798."

"In fact, when combining the tuition increases with increases in financial aid for Delawareans, we have been able to keep the net percentage increase well below the Consumer Price Index (CPI)," Roselle said. "For example, this year, tuition is increasing $130 per Delaware student and the average financial aid increase is $113, giving a net percentage increase of only 0.4 percent per average student, while the CPI has risen 2.0 percent."

Over the same period, the net tuition increase for nonresidents has been 3 percent, compared to the CPI of 2 percent.

Full-time graduate tuition is the same as that for undergraduates, with the exception of those pursuing the master of business administration (MBA) degree. New, full-time regular MBA tuition is $5,530 for Delaware residents, an increase of 3.2 percent ($170), and $12,750 for nonresidents, an increase of 4 percent ($500).