Elon big decline in enrollment
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Anonymous
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For class of 2029. Thoughts?
https://www.elonnewsnetwork.com/article/2025/08/elon-university-class-of-2029-enrollment-decreases-11-6 |
Anonymous
| Cost or did not accept enough students or both. Its a very small school. |
Anonymous
| I have a kid heading there, they’ve been wonderful so far. Reminds me a lot of my Notre Dame kid’s experience as far as being family friendly with strong marketing. The name does bother me, but we got over it. I’m sure it hurt a little. |
Anonymous
| The name Elon is tainted. |
Anonymous
| Blaming it on the demographic cliff is interesting. Isn’t the class of 2025 the peak? |
Anonymous
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Maybe due, in large part, to openings created by student visa difficulties at more selective schools.
It is definitely a sign of trouble for Elon meriting serious concern about Elon's financial future. |
Anonymous
Yes. Elon's stated reason for the huge decline is total bs. |
Anonymous
Wonder if Elon Musk's role in DOGE is a factor scaring away prospective students. |
Anonymous
| To some, the name Elon may be as toxic as Trump University or Hitler High. |
Anonymous
this is true and therefore their explanation makes no sense. I have a 2025 and was considering Elon for my 2027 but this coming from them is super concerning. |
Anonymous
The article claims they didn’t want to admit lesser qualified students or give away too much money, so they chose to shrink. It’s a very dangerous path to go down as it sounds like they were faced with no good options. Will they recover? They have a very expensive campus to maintain from what I’ve heard. |
Anonymous
That's pretty stupid. Millions of us share names with infamous people. I share a last name with a Congressman who was accused of murder. But it wasn't him. |
Anonymous
| The coming demographic cliff is going to be choppy waters for schools like Elon, mid-tier privates. You can go to OOS publics for cheaper to do the social scene. |
Anonymous
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The Elon VP for enrollment in the article recently did a long interview on Your College-Bound Kid:
https://yourcollegeboundkid.com/2025/07/29/interview-235-greg-zaiser-on-how-colleges-use-demonstrated-interest/ |
Anonymous
| Brands become tainted. It was already a school most people only learn about during their search. Now they hear it like a half written joke. |