Are there any colleges that aren’t really selective, but draw students from all over the U.S.?

[Anonymous]

My junior is building their list now (esp. safeties), and it seems like a lot of schools that would make good safeties draw only students from 2-3 hours drive away.

[Anonymous]

Try GW. It's not that hard to get in.

[Anonymous]

Some of the Big10 schools would fit this description.

[Anonymous]

CU Boulder (though a harder admit for Leeds)

[Anonymous]

If you travel to the school, you become the geographic diversity.

[Anonymous]

American

[Anonymous]

University of Oregon and University of Arizona both get a lot of out-of-state students who couldn’t get into their top in-state choices (from California especially)

[Anonymous]

What are their stats (so we know what is a "good safety?"

But off the top of my head, a lot of the SEC schools like Alabama and Ole Miss draw students from all over the country.

[Anonymous]

Elon
Tampa
SEC flagships

[Anonymous]

Boulder, American, gw

[Anonymous]

Elon, GW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are their stats (so we know what is a "good safety?"

But off the top of my head, a lot of the SEC schools like Alabama and Ole Miss draw students from all over the country.

Ole miss gets almost half its kids from in state and 80% of kids from the south

It is not geographically diverse

[Anonymous]

Here are some "hidden gems" with lots of out-of-state students: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/hidden-gems-2022/hidden-gem-colleges-with-more-out-of-state-students-2022-rankings/


Not all are safeties, and some of the details are sloppy (Sewanee isn't in Florida!) but two of my kids' safeties are on the list.

And here are schools with high geographic diversity: https://www.collegeraptor.com/find-colleges/articles/2023-university-rankings/top-25-most-geographically-diverse-college-2023-rankings/

Again, not all safeties, but worth checking out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are their stats (so we know what is a "good safety?"

But off the top of my head, a lot of the SEC schools like Alabama and Ole Miss draw students from all over the country.

Ole miss gets almost half its kids from in state and 80% of kids from the south

It is not geographically diverse

Which leaves more than 50% from out of state and 20% from other parts of the country (not the south.) That's pretty significant, especially since OP only specified " only 2-3 hours away" in her post.

[Anonymous]

Get a college guidebook from the library that shows the percentage of out-of-state students. Look at the geographic areas that interest you. There are many that fit that description.