2018 Enrollment Numbers

[bisonaudit]

No.....................

What color is your sash, Drazi?

[ByeSonBusiness]

Had an interesting conversation with a parent who's college bound student went for a tour of Ndsu. Unfortunately, the young (student) Ndsu tour guide wanted to talk about the football program 24-7. (Now for you & I, this would be fine but for this prospective student... she wanted to hear about academics and college life. Then it got a bit worse, when the young Ndsu tour guide wanted to show her the pigs... (this prospective student was not interested!) Needless to say, the prospective student did not choose Ndsu.
Sounds to me as tho the "tour guides" need to be educated to focus on the interests of the prospective students, rather than their own interests.

Was it one of them big group tours? Always felt bad for everyone involved in those. Looks no fun.

[bisonfanette]

Yeah that’s not good. Did the prospect select a destination yet? Did the prospect offer feedback to the university in some way so that they are made aware of this disconnect?
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Unfortunately the prospective student chose a different university. They did not talk about hockey on the tour. The parents did not provide feedback (they are not alumni, not that that matters) and I asked the same question. I encouraged them to do so. I was very disappointed to learn of her experience.

My understanding is that it was a very small group, with one tour guide.

[Bison bison]

I think that NDSU like many institutions needs to get it's sh#t together when it comes to recruiting.

A student means $40,000 in tuition and fees, and proud alumnus, a contributor to their community, and possibly a benefactor.

Not usually a fan of this comparison, but a private business would never leave this in the hands of some idiot who has nothing to talk about but football.

I took my kids on a tour of Wisconsin this summer. Our guide was undergrad from China who you'd think grew up stateside and was majoring in biomedical engineering.

She was smart and personable. No reason to not demand the same from our guides.

[WYOBISONMAN]

These kids and parents are going to care about the academics, costs, life on campus, opportunities for internships and/or study abroad, recruitment or grad school prospects after graduation......you know.....the unimportant stuff..... Geez.

[runtheoption]

Valley News Live says first day enrollment was 13,135.

[EC8CH]

Valley News Live says first day enrollment was 13,135.

for comparison:

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


2014 14,747
2016 14,432
2017 14,358
2018 13,796

down 661 from prior year, 4.8%
down 1621 from peak, 11%

[El_Chapo]

for comparison:

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


2014 14,747
2016 14,432
2017 14,358
2018 13,796

down 661 from prior year, 4.8%
down 1621 from peak, 11%

and another 400-500 will dropout in week or 2.

this isn't good folks....at all..

[bisonp]

A strong job market combined with ever-increasing tuition means the ROI on many college degrees is not very good right now.

[ByeSonBusiness]

and another 400-500 will dropout in week or 2.

this isn't good folks....at all..

Not ideal that's for sure.