University of Delaware raising tuition for select programs, hiring 500 new faculty [View all]

The University of Delaware announced Monday, the first day of spring semester, that it will begin charging business, engineering and nursing students $1,000 to $4,000 more than the institution's standard undergraduate tuition rate.

Administrators also want to hire 500 to 600 new faculty members in the next five to seven years. About 250 of the new hires would replace people as they retire. Many of the new hires will be "interdisciplinary" with experience in multiple fields.

UD's new tuition plan is called differential or tiered, with costs based on whether the student is in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, the College of Engineering or the School of Nursing.

The new charges will be phased in over time. All the colleges will start with a $1,000 increase in 2018-19, but by 2020-21, business students will pay an additional $2,500 per year, nursing students an additional $1,500 and engineering students $4,000.

Read more: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/education/2018/02/05/ud-raising-tuition-select-programs-hiring-500-new-faculty/306656002/