<p>Yes, even or especially if Congress averts financial default, Federal aid to states will decrease and states will have to look for places to make up the shortfall. One of those will certainly be college tuition. It’s unavoidable whichever State’s Public University your child chooses to attend.</p>
<p>I wonder if perhaps Delaware will be in somewhat better financial condition than other states like PA, WI, MI, CA to name a few, so that if tution does not increase less than at those states’ schools, at least the increases at UDel can be used, as Mwallenmd suggests, to build up the quality and prestige of UDel, rather than just make ends meet.</p>