Glad you’re open to both Rowan and Delaware-- both attract pretty serious students from my neck of the woods, not party kids at all, but kids with lots of interests who have been pretty involved with cool stuff on campus. I’m not from New Jersey so don’t know what it was like a generation ago, but I’ve seen kids at Rowan get into tough and competitive grad programs… and Delaware kids have always done well- so they are doing something right.
Penn State attracts a MUCH jockier/sports/party hearty crowd at least in my part of the country. To pay out of state rates for that seems illogical to me.