Delaware SpendingUniversity of Delaware
Delaware state vendor profile · FY2018–FY2026 · 19,730 payments on the state checkbook
Payments by Fiscal Year
Who Pays Them
What the Money Buys (categories)
The University of Delaware traces its roots to 1743 and is the state's flagship, land-grant research university — technically a privately chartered institution that receives substantial state support.
Checkbook payments to UD are a blend: annual state appropriations, scholarship programs, research contracts and agency partnerships. Unlike a normal vendor, much of this is simply how Delaware funds public higher education — see also the Higher Education department profile.
University of Delaware received $1.87 billion from the State of Delaware between FY2018 and FY2026, across 19,730 payments — an average of $94,598 per payment. The largest payer was Higher Education, accounting for 74% of the total. In the most recent year (FY2026), the state paid University of Delaware $214.5 million. Annual payments grew 34% between FY2018 and FY2026 and peaked in FY2024 at $253.2 million.