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Trends by state

Trends by state

Delaware

5 colleges on the site — too few to summarize with a median (the site needs 10 or more). Here's who they are, and this state's biggest movers.

Colleges in Delaware

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Where Delaware's first-years come from

First-years crossing state lines, fall 2024

Inflow
3,302
Outflow
2,578
Net
+724

Delaware's colleges enroll 1.3 first-years from other states for every Delaware resident who starts college in another state, among four-year colleges on this site.

Colleges taking the most of the inflow

  1. University of Delaware79%
  2. Delaware State University18%
  3. Goldey-Beacom College2%

One fall, over campus-based colleges only: not that fall, not for-profit, and not a campus that merged or split.

Biggest movers in Delaware

Applications surged

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +38.1% (2 colleges ranked)

  1. 1University of Delaware+58.8%25,194 → 39,995
  2. 2Delaware State University+17.4%7,191 → 8,445

Sources:IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Grew the most

, fall 2014 to fall 2024

Median college: +12.5% (2 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Delaware State University+20.4%3,654 → 4,398
  2. 2University of Delaware+4.7%18,222 → 19,071

Sources:College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked

Students pay much less

(in 2023–24 dollars), 2013–14 to 2023–24

Median college: −7.8% (2 colleges ranked)

  1. 1Delaware State University−9.4%$25,300 → $22,924
  2. 2University of Delaware−6.2%$39,683 → $37,216

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Top 2 and how it's ranked