<p>mhc- I’m no expert on endowments I’m just repeating what was said by the Director of Admissions- the endowment is “over $1 billion” and this was said as a point of pride. :)</p>
<p>We also walked by the construction site for the huge new integrated science and technology center. [Interdisciplinary</a> Science & Engineering Laboratory, University of Delaware, Resource Site](<a href=“http://www.udel.edu/iselab/]Interdisciplinary”>Story Title)</p>
<p>I got the definite impression that U D is an institution that is investing in the future, and not in cost-cutting mode. Hopefully that means educational programs and opportunities at U D will be expanding in the future. I believe that U D is one of the “up and coming” universities and hopefully that will benefit all our students (actually mine is just a prospective student!)</p>
<p>I also wish tuition wouldn’t go up but this is the sad reality. In PA, our two big public universities, PSU and Pitt, are #1 and #2 in the nation for most expensive schools. 
PSU’s endowment is approx $1.5 billion <a href=“http://www.psu.edu/oim/assets/webdocs10/botcal2010.pdf[/url]”>http://www.psu.edu/oim/assets/webdocs10/botcal2010.pdf</a></p>
<p>Pitt’s endowment is surprisingly about $2 billion <a href=“http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2011/02/08/pitt-endowment-ranked-28th-largest.html[/url]”>http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2011/02/08/pitt-endowment-ranked-28th-largest.html</a></p>