A truly wonderful CTCL |
Me too! |
Absolutely true. |
What is their financial situation like? The coming decade is going to be rough for small colleges in areas that are losing population. |
This is a false assumption. Many people, including our family, don’t send their kids to the highest ranked or best known colleges they get accepted to. |
Trying my best to ignore the psycho... they seem to be doing fine. Student body is growing, facilities are being updated, they've added programs and are considering additional programs (nursing is the big one being evaluated), recent fundraising seems to be successful, both generally and for targeted programs. Really IME the worst thing about the school is a crappy location. But we certainly visited schools that DD rejected for even worse locations. Still, she thinks the location is fine and she turned down what others might think are better options because this felt right to her. I've gotten used to nobody knowing it, unless they are from PA or have kids that play volleyball. |
The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships. |
How is that relevant to this thread? |
Juniata gets an A- in Forbes College Financial Grades |
Someone mentioned financial health of small schools. |
Which school?! |
But the thread is about Juniata, and you did not name the school. So you are just saying there is at least one other small school that seems to be in good financial shape. ?? |
I’m saying people can do their homework to find out about the financial health of schools. Being a small school does not automatically make a school a financial risk. Without naming the small schools (under 1500 students) that my child considered, looking at the Forbes list from above, 1 had an A, 2 had A- and the last had a B (which was the one I mentioned above as her first choice at a very similar size to Juniata) |