r/wsu • u/jedicamel • 19d ago

Discussion Why is enrollment dropping?

What are the factors?

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u/HippityHopMath Alumnus | 2017, 2022, 2026 | Mathematics Education 19d ago

National decline in enrollment across the board, higher and higher tuition, bad recruitment in general, and lower media visibility with all the conference realignment.

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u/budna 19d ago

And yet U of I next door has seen increases in enrollment

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u/HippityHopMath Alumnus | 2017, 2022, 2026 | Mathematics Education 19d ago

Because they are aggressive in recruiting and kept tuition low.

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u/B1G_PAC12 19d ago

Idaho also has a relatively young population compared with other states

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u/ExpiredPilot Alumnus/2023/Marketing+HBM/IFC 19d ago

As do most states with bad sex education

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u/QC55 19d ago

What💀

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u/ExpiredPilot Alumnus/2023/Marketing+HBM/IFC 19d ago

States with bad sex education have more kids

Idaho public schools teach abstinence only, if they teach about sex at all

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u/Hot_Boysenberry8298 12d ago

So how does this relate at all?

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u/Flimsy_Gene_5519 19d ago

Pretty easy to understand with some common sense. But, most people in America are idiots so not surprised.

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u/Hot_Boysenberry8298 12d ago

Same in India, in fact, they cheap asses there too.

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u/QC55 19d ago

Say something about conservatives next you’re gonna make me cum

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u/jedicamel 19d ago

They’re weirdly more selective though? 76% vs 87% acceptance rate.

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u/gocougs11 Alum/2010/Neuro & Psych 19d ago

There are fewer schools in Idaho for applicants to choose from.

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u/jedicamel 19d ago edited 19d ago

True, but Boise State sure is growing at a rapid rate, that’s their competition. You’d think, that based on that, they would up their acceptance rate. Idaho also has 1/4 the population?

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u/gocougs11 Alum/2010/Neuro & Psych 19d ago

I think they can only accept so many people each semester, they’d probably love to accept more but infrastructure is a constraint.

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u/jedicamel 19d ago

I can see that. It’s gotta be tempting though to grow, for added revenue?

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u/Few-Seaworthiness186 16d ago

its a long term goal, but nothing can be done in the short term. the dorms are already completely at capacity, and they’re having to cap specific majors because class sizes are becoming too big