<p>Beyond that which rross184 has stated UD also has initiated a fairly massive building campaign in the areas of science/engineering/tecnology. This obviously will cost a lot of money. In addition UD’s relatively new President, Dr. Patrick Harker (previously Dean of the Wharton School at Penn) has initiated a “Path to Prominence” strategic plan for UD with one goal (I believe) to elevavate UD’s already very high academic status to the level of that of the premier public universities (UNC, UVA, UMich, W&M, etc.) in the country. One way to accomplish this is to attract students with the highest academic credentials possible. In order to accomplish this you have to be able to provide sufficient merit scholarship money to get these students to decide to come to UD rather than a more “prestigious” university. This money has got to come from somewhere (beyond that already available). Secondly, to elevate your “status” you need to elevate the level/quality of your faculty members. UD is also in the process of trying to attract (and has already hired some) such faculty members from other premier universities across the country. While some of these professors will be hired for endowed positions I suspect that the total cost will also require some additional funds (again beyond that already available). The bottom line to all this is that I would be very surprised if you do not see annual tuition/fees rise at a level of at least 5% over the next 4-5 years. I hope I am wrong about this but this is how I see it right now.</p>