Best known schools most likely to close over next 10 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell

They are in great shape financially. What makes you say that?

They were obviously joking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:University of Chicago. Duh.

We get it that your dc got rejected

They were obviously joking.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emerson is doing fine.

Not really. Emerson had budget cuts and layoffs last year due to decreasing enrollment and revenue challenges.

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/08/22/emerson-college-reportedly-lays-off-30-staff-members/

Yes, but they have money and some critical mass. It will be painful but they'll come out the other side.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Allegheny College
Earlham College
Beloit College
Cornell College
Lake Forest College
Juniata College
Wittenberg University
Bethany College

I didn’t know Beloit was struggling so much. Only 100 students in the next class.

Where did you get Juniata? I’m curious because DC seriously considered it. It’s a great little school. I didn’t see any red flags.

Juniata has a small endowment and is tiny and rural, so it's fragile, but they reported a 9% increase in enrollment this year. That's the opposite of what most rural LAC's are experiencing, and it bodes well.

They had a large donation to start their new Nursing program and they have an increasing enrollment trend along with a great Environmental Science program which is a draw in the region for those looking for a smaller school experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

You should be worried because you’re an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

I doubt they've heard of you, either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Drexel had a major deficit (over 52 million) according to 2024 990 but they did merge so may be OK.

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/231352630

and yet a billion in reserve (1.5B). It's in the same 990

[Anonymous]

I dont think colleges are thinking creatively enough.

If I were a college, I'd reach out to 10 good high schools across the country and say, if get a crew of 5 kids with these stats (1400 sat, 3.4 GPA) to commit and we'll give you all full tuition (but not room and board) ride.

If the college name was good *enough* like a Bennington or a Wooster, you might get kids from the bottom half of the class at TJ or Regis or Walter Payton to commit with friends. The colleges CDS looks better, they have a diverse geographic presence, and prepared kids.

If the kids were smart, they'd say, let's do this together and then we can all pay for grad school, start a business, put down a down payment, whatever after graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

You should be worried because you’re an idiot.

Well, I've never heard of Albright, Keuka, Knox, Lycoming, and Wartburg either. And why would I?

The reality is that small liberal arts colleges in rural areas and small towns in the Northeast and Midwest with tiny endowments are in serious trouble. All these colleges are going to have to get creative to remain viable. If I were president of one of these schools, I'd lean into useful things for the community - farming, small business management, teaching, animal husbandry, and so on. Ain't no one coming to Keuko or Wartburg to study Shakespeare or get recruited by Wall Street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

You should be worried because you’re an idiot.

Nope. Lycoming? Albright? Keuka? I do a lot of hiring and have never come across these schools. Would not be impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm worried about:

College of Wooster
Drew
Lycoming
Albright
Keuka
Allegheny
Knox
Wartburg (Change the name! I could never send my child to a school with this name. It's got to affect their enrollment.)

And I say this with sadness, because I think small colleges have so much to offer, and we will all be worse off when there are fewer of them.

These colleges should be worried because I’ve never heard of half of them.

I doubt they've heard of you, either.

They definitely haven’t because I went to an Ivy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Salem college, Sweet Briar, Hollins and Meredith Southern women’s colleges are a dying breed.

These are what I thought of too. UMW seems to be dropping/consolidating majors which is going to affect enrollment.

I would think schools like Mary Washington and Christopher Newport would see an increase in enrollment with other VA schools getting more competitive.

[Anonymous]

Drexel's acceptance rate is going above 80%.

Its yield is in the single digits.

[Anonymous]

Occidental, University of Southern California, Georgetown and many of the lesser known schools mentioned earlier in the thread.