Public colleges are feeling the pinch
August 30, 2009 by Geneva ReidPosted in: Enrollment, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
There are no hard numbers yet, but the predictions are in: Public colleges are going to see a big drop in out-of-state enrollment.
While out-of-state enrollment stats won’t be available for at least a few months, the concern is that this could translate into a huge loss of revenue..
But Daniel Hurley, a director with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, says it can be assumed “out-of-state enrollment will be impacted.”
George Mason University already is feeling it. The number of in-state students enrolling at the school is up 7% compared to last year – while those enrolling from out-of-state are up by only 1%.
Looking at it from another perspective:
One high school in New York – North Shore Hebrew Academy – saw 55% of its seniors go on to private colleges last year, with only 4% choosing one of the state’s public universities. This year, those going the private college route make up 47% – with 12% going public.
What’s your prediction for how much public schools will be affected by the drop in out-of-state students? Let us know in the comments section below.
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Tags: American Association of State Colleges and Universities, George Mason University, North Shore Hebrew Academy
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September 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 am
The challenge is that out-of-state students are viewed differently by the Universities and their funding authorities. My daughter is entering her sophomore year at U Delaware, we live in Massachusetts and have already had 2 increases in out-of-state rates since her acceptance. while the Universities want the glamour and rankings that come from attracting large numbers of o-o-s students, the state legislatures don’t gain anything from subsidizing them. We (out of state parents and students) are voiceless constituents in this discussion. The Public University is caught in the middle of its own conflicting realities, the need for more o-o-s applicants to raise scores, gpas and rankings of accpeted students, but then the challenge of enrolling more of them. I don’t know the answer, but nobody at UD has responded to multiple requests from us for a conversation.
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 pm
At some public universities, OS students pay the full costs or may even subsidize the IS students where the shrinking state appropriations no longer do. Loss of OS students could impact budgets severely.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:48 am
I have heard a rummor that some public state schools are being told to increase their OS enrollments.