A new and better FBS thread

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Originally Posted by WhoRepsTheLurker

Some of the enrollment issue is on the NDUS for having so many schools, but NDSU is in a different niche (no offense to those schools)

A lot of the kids I talk to are specifically looking for an alternative to the U because of its setting, but not always. I recently talked to a kid from central MN who had NDSU, Wisconsin, and Iowa State as his final three

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judging by ndsu move in day, I was blown away at so many kids choosing NDSU. will we see a bump this year?

Looks like enrollment peaked 8 years ago, and has been slowly declining ever since.
Even a small reversal of that trend would be a good sign.

https://www.ndsu.edu/data/enrollment/annual/

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Looks like enrollment peaked 8 years ago, and has been slowly declining ever since.
Even a small reversal of that trend would be a good sign.

https://www.ndsu.edu/data/enrollment/annual/

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National enrollment figures show the same trend, so there’s that. But yes, we need to get this thing headed the right direction again.

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Originally Posted by Sun Bison

That's good to know, still their enrollment is higher. I have no idea if the admission standards are anywhere close to the same.

Geography isn't as big of a factor, but, it is something that an AD or U President can point at as a negative if they are against NDSU joining.

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The enrollment at SCSU and Mankato can be 100% attributed to their proximity to the MSP metro area. That’s not to say that they don’t offer positives for students. Just that their location allows them to be a bit “less” than NDSU or SDSU and still get students to come. Students know the difference between the schools.

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Originally Posted by BigLakeBison

The enrollment at SCSU and Mankato can be 100% attributed to their proximity to the MSP metro area. That’s not to say that they don’t offer positives for students. Just that their location allows them to be a bit “less” than NDSU or SDSU and still get students to come. Students know the difference between the schools.

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As an MSU grad and current MSP resident, MSU doesn’t have nearly the pull you would think out of MSP. MNSCU only recently stated pushing MSU as system flagship and its a after thought to the kids around me in the west metro. If I was stack ranking non-FBS non-privates it goes, NDSU UND>MSU UMD>USD SDSU>Non-Madison WI schools>St Cloud. The dislike of St Cloud by the metro is real.

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Originally Posted by El_Chapo

judging by ndsu move in day, I was blown away at so many kids choosing NDSU. will we see a bump this year?

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Something tells me it looked an awful lot like it does every year.

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Originally Posted by ByeSonBusiness

Something tells me it looked an awful lot like it does every year.

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Yep...I've heard we are down again overall. Our new students might be up slightly, but we aren't retaining enough students to see growth.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

Sure, in 1994. 28 years ago. That's about 1/3 of a lifetime.
How is your databank missing such valuable information?

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My logic function has difficulty when multiple articles about the success or failure of multiple FCS programs “moving up” don’t focus on a Boise type success.

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Originally Posted by TransAmBison

Chubs makes me think of Beavis when he's had too much caffeine. I'm betting he had his shirt pulled over his head as he typed those 50 consecutive posts.

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