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The Economic Impact of Delaware’s HBCUs

UNCF’s holistic, powerful study, “Transforming Futures: The Economic Engine of HBCUs,” makes it clear: HBCUs are economic engines in their Delaware communities and beyond, generating substantial economic returns year after year.

HBCU faculty, employees and students produce—and consume—a wide range of goods and services, creating economic activity on and beyond campus. The result? More jobs, stronger growth and increasingly vibrant communities. Meanwhile, Delaware’s workforce is bolstered by a steady supply of highly trained and success-oriented HBCU graduates.

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Delaware’s HBCU Produces:

  • $301M
    Total Economic Impact
  • 2,690
    Jobs
  • $2.2B
    Lifetime Earnings of 2021 Graduates

HBCUs in Delaware

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Delaware State University

Founded in 1891 in Dover Delaware, Delaware State University (DSU) is a state-supported, privately managed historically Black land-grant research university. DSU offers a diverse array of degree programs, featuring prominent ones in humanities, education and social sciences, health and behavioral sciences, business, and agriculture, science and technology.