Delaware: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

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	Delaware	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Delaware	Nation
Total (State rank: 45)	907,135	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Delaware	Nation
Up to 4	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.6%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.2%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.5%	26.5%
65 and older	14.8%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Delaware	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.3%	4.8%
Black	21.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	70.2%	74.1%
More than one race	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.4%	16.7%
Other	2.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Delaware	Nation
8th grade or less	4.7%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	8.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	31.6%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	19.6%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.0%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.1%	17.9%
Master’s degree	8.2%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.7%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.8%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Delaware	Nation
	13.6%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Delaware	Nation
(State rank: 24)	$41,940	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Delaware	Nation
	11.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Delaware	Nation
Total for 2013-14	9,176	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	14.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Delaware	Nation
	724	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Delaware	Nation
	6.5%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$139,178	$118,822
Associate professor	$94,661	$81,373
Assistant professor	$81,954	$70,325
All	$103,974	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$78,554	$89,076
Associate professor	$64,313	$71,297
Assistant professor	$59,104	$60,506
All	$63,587	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$88,900	$152,042
Associate professor	$84,787	$95,762
Assistant professor	$72,477	$82,983
All	$78,379	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	n/a	$91,161
Associate professor	n/a	$71,963
Assistant professor	n/a	$58,901
All	n/a	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Delaware	Nation
Public	n/a	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$108,803	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Delaware	Nation
Public	$64,295	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Delaware	Nation
Undergraduate	46,942	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	9,574	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	25,643	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	15,055	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	15,132	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	247	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	439	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	396,832
Total	56,516	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public	72%	72%
4-year	73%	64%
2-year	27%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Delaware	Nation
Associate	1,820	942,217
Bachelor’s	5,877	1,712,538
Master’s	2,705	730,635
Doctorate	546	163,715

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

82% 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 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Delaware	Nation
All	64.3%	59.0%
Men	57.3%	56.4%
Women	69.5%	61.2%
American Indian	57.7%	40.6%
Asian	71.6%	69.7%
Black	37.9%	40.2%
Hispanic	67.1%	51.4%
White	73.1%	62.3%
2 or more races	58.8%	64.0%
Race unknown	46.5%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Delaware	Nation
American Indian	143	174,629
Asian	1,727	1,133,719
Black	10,343	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	71	61,179
Hispanic	2,665	2,695,637
White	30,516	11,519,372
2 or more races	886	405,812
Race unknown	7,653	1,409,094
Foreign	2,512	738,624
Total	56,516	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Delaware	Nation
Women	59.1%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.1%	5.4%
Black	18.3%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.7%	12.8%
White	54.0%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Race unknown	13.5%	6.7%
Foreign	4.4%	3.5%
Minority	28.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	23.3%	27.2%
Full-time	65.9%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 22.6 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 14% of Delaware’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 918 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 100% of Delaware’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public 4-year	$9,639	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,942	$2,419
Private 4-year	$12,410	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Delaware	Nation
State funds	$216,492,700	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	1.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Delaware	Nation
Need-based grants	$13,990,331	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$7,011,769	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$920,285	$1,737,198,826
Total	$21,922,385	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Delaware	Nation
Total	$188,765,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	12.0%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Delaware	Nation
Federal government	69.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	3.6%	5.9%
Industry	3.1%	4.9%
Nonprofit	1.0%	5.9%
Institution itself	21.8%	19.1%
Other	0.8%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Delaware	Nation
Engineering	28.9%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	12.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	27.3%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.8%	3.6%
Physical sciences	11.7%	7.3%
Psychology	2.3%	1.7%
Social sciences	5.6%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.5%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.4%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	$1,087,870,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	$45,796,109
Delaware Technical and Community Colleges	$1,606,954

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public 4-year	2	679
Public 2-year	3	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	4	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	2	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	0	669
Total	12	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	19,022
Wilmington University	4,641
Delaware State University	3,782

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

None

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Delaware

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	Delaware	Nation

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Population
	Delaware	Nation
Total (State rank: 45)	907,135	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Delaware	Nation
Up to 4	6.1%	6.4%
5 to 14	12.6%	13.2%
15 to 19	6.8%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.2%	26.4%
45 to 64	27.5%	26.5%
65 and older	14.8%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Delaware	Nation
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.3%	4.8%
Black	21.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	70.2%	74.1%
More than one race	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.4%	16.7%
Other	2.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Delaware	Nation
8th grade or less	4.7%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	8.3%	8.1%
High-school diploma	31.6%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	19.6%	21.2%
Associate degree	7.0%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.1%	17.9%
Master’s degree	8.2%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.7%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.8%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Delaware	Nation
	13.6%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Delaware	Nation
(State rank: 24)	$41,940	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Delaware	Nation
	11.9%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Delaware	Nation
Total for 2013-14	9,176	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	14.3%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Delaware	Nation
	724	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Delaware	Nation
	6.5%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$139,178	$118,822
Associate professor	$94,661	$81,373
Assistant professor	$81,954	$70,325
All	$103,974	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$78,554	$89,076
Associate professor	$64,313	$71,297
Assistant professor	$59,104	$60,506
All	$63,587	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	$88,900	$152,042
Associate professor	$84,787	$95,762
Assistant professor	$72,477	$82,983
All	$78,379	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Delaware	Nation
Professor	n/a	$91,161
Associate professor	n/a	$71,963
Assistant professor	n/a	$58,901
All	n/a	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Delaware	Nation
Public	n/a	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$108,803	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Delaware	Nation
Public	$64,295	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Delaware	Nation
Undergraduate	46,942	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	9,574	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	25,643	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	15,055	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	15,132	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	247	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	439	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	396,832
Total	56,516	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public	72%	72%
4-year	73%	64%
2-year	27%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Delaware	Nation
Associate	1,820	942,217
Bachelor’s	5,877	1,712,538
Master’s	2,705	730,635
Doctorate	546	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% 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 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Delaware	Nation
All	64.3%	59.0%
Men	57.3%	56.4%
Women	69.5%	61.2%
American Indian	57.7%	40.6%
Asian	71.6%	69.7%
Black	37.9%	40.2%
Hispanic	67.1%	51.4%
White	73.1%	62.3%
2 or more races	58.8%	64.0%
Race unknown	46.5%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Delaware	Nation
American Indian	143	174,629
Asian	1,727	1,133,719
Black	10,343	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	71	61,179
Hispanic	2,665	2,695,637
White	30,516	11,519,372
2 or more races	886	405,812
Race unknown	7,653	1,409,094
Foreign	2,512	738,624
Total	56,516	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Delaware	Nation
Women	59.1%	57.0%
American Indian	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	3.1%	5.4%
Black	18.3%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Hispanic	4.7%	12.8%
White	54.0%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Race unknown	13.5%	6.7%
Foreign	4.4%	3.5%
Minority	28.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	23.3%	27.2%
Full-time	65.9%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public 4-year	$9,639	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,942	$2,419
Private 4-year	$12,410	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Delaware	Nation
State funds	$216,492,700	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	1.5%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Delaware	Nation
Need-based grants	$13,990,331	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$7,011,769	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$920,285	$1,737,198,826
Total	$21,922,385	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Delaware	Nation
Total	$188,765,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	12.0%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Delaware	Nation
Federal government	69.7%	62.6%
State and local governments	3.6%	5.9%
Industry	3.1%	4.9%
Nonprofit	1.0%	5.9%
Institution itself	21.8%	19.1%
Other	0.8%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Delaware	Nation
Engineering	28.9%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	12.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	27.3%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.8%	3.6%
Physical sciences	11.7%	7.3%
Psychology	2.3%	1.7%
Social sciences	5.6%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.5%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.4%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	$1,087,870,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	$45,796,109
Delaware Technical and Community Colleges	$1,606,954

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Delaware	Nation
Public 4-year	2	679
Public 2-year	3	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	4	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	2	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	0	669
Total	12	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Delaware
University of Delaware	19,022
Wilmington University	4,641
Delaware State University	3,782

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

None

Institutions on NCAA probation

None

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.