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Delaware: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

Up to 4 6.2% 6.5%
5 to 14 12.6% 13.3%
15 to 19 7.2% 7.1%
20 to 24 7.0% 7.0%
25 to 44 25.3% 26.6%
45 to 64 27.2% 26.4%
65 and older 14.4% 13.0%

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Delaware: Almanac 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 45	897,934	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.6%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.2%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.3%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.2%	26.4%
65 and older	14.4%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	3.2%	4.8%
Black	21.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	68.9%	72.4%
More than one race	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.2%	16.3%
Other	3.4%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.2%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.0%	8.7%
High-school diploma	32.1%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	19.7%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.5%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	16.5%	17.6%
Master’s degree	7.8%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.4%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.9%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	11.4%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 21	$41,635	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	11.8%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	7,730	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	18.7%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	750	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$9,646	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,942	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$12,989	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$213,193,700	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	0.3%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$14,107,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$6,189,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$864,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$21,161,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$168,511,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	23.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	68.6%	61.2%
State and local governments	4.0%	6.3%
Industry	3.4%	5.2%
Nonprofit	1.4%	6.1%
Institution itself	21.5%	19.4%
Other	1.1%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	31.7%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	10.6%	4.9%
Life sciences	29.4%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	4.9%	3.7%
Physical sciences	10.6%	7.6%
Psychology	2.1%	1.8%
Social sciences	6.8%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.1%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.9%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Delaware	$962,195,864
Top fund raiser:
University of Delaware	$29,981,379

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$132,536	$112,647
Associate professor	$88,023	$78,804
Assistant professor	$75,801	$67,236
All	$95,700	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	n/a	$87,677
Associate professor	n/a	$70,215
Assistant professor	n/a	$59,511
All	n/a	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$128,149	$133,973
Associate professor	$92,732	$86,108
Assistant professor	$69,413	$72,242
All	$90,519	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$80,971	$82,002
Associate professor	$74,876	$66,466
Assistant professor	$60,952	$55,352
All	$73,833	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	n/a	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$63,816	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	46,321	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	9,410	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	24,934	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	15,474	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	14,610	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	223	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	490	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	430,177
Total	55,731	21,016,126
Public institutions	73%	72%
4-year institutions	72%	63%
2-year institutions	28%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	1,712	849,452
Bachelor’s	5,505	1,650,014
Master’s	2,452	693,025
Doctorate	528	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 71% of all freshmen enrolled in Delaware in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 58% of all Delaware residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	70.8%	56.0%
Men	67.4%	53.0%
Women	73.2%	58.5%
American Indian	75.0%	37.0%
Asian	73.2%	66.3%
Black	43.9%	38.3%
Hispanic	68.0%	47.8%
White	78.3%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	188	196,374
Asian	1,980	1,218,118
Black	12,168	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	69	64,046
Hispanic	2,837	2,741,448
White	35,752	12,722,549
Foreign	2,037	709,565
Two or more races	700	325,275
Total	55,731	21,016,126
Women	59.1%	57.0%
Minority	32.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	27.3%	28.4%
Foreign	3.7%	3.4%
Full-time	67.4%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1455 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 74% of Delaware’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	2	678
Public 2-year institutions	3	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	4	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	1	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	0	664
Total	11	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None