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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would anyone know of small colleges in VA that might be showing signs of being in danger of closing down?[/quote]

Lynchburg had recent layoffs

Sweet Briar just barely survived a few years ago

I would hate to see these schools close. My daughter was accepted to Randolph and really liked it there. She chose a different LAC with just over 1k students, only because the other school had both programs she wanted as possible majors. But Randolph is a very special little school for a great price.[/quote]

Lynchburg did have layoffs. And their PR wasn't great. But it was a handful of departments where those depts. closed due to the cost of running them when there are only a handful of kids enrolled in those majors (like theater). Friends with kids there said some classes had 1-2 kids in them and they had to fund those, plus the running of the department. While sad for those people who had the majors cut (they still offer arts, for example, just not all as a "major") you cannot fund programs for 4 kids. So their decision making was sound there. They are more known for their health related paths and some other programs (they have a well regarded PA school and a PT school, as well as nursing).

[b]Lburg is also a big sports school and is expanding those offerings (mens vball, mens wrestling). So the school isn't going anywhere.[/b] [/quote]

Lburg is a D3 sports school...I would be very concerned that they are expanding sports offerings that are guaranteed $$$ losers.

Even Alabama loses money overall on their sports (not terrible...but it's negative).  Football makes all their money, and literally every other sport loses money.  Most of the football money is made from SEC television rights.

Lburg has a very good D3 baseball team (won the D3 college world series)...at best, the baseball team breaks even (but probably doesn't).

Expanding D3 sports I guess gets more tuition revenue (?)...although, I don't know if the student population is expanding overall, vs. it is attracting more men to the campus.  Many of these small D3 schools are now like 65%+ female.[/quote]

Like it or not, sports is a draw. I know many rising seniors who are gearing for Tech and JMU b/c they want a "sports school." And those are just the students, not the athletes. And the fact that you feel the need to denigrate "D3" schools tells me you know very little about this topic overall. Those kids work hard and some D3 schools perform at a very high level, scrimmaging and beating lower level D2 and D1 schools.

Lburg has a very good baseball team, yes. But their FH team went several rounds into the NCAA tournament. Their track and XC teams are also very good. As well, so is their mens LAX. When we have visited, all of the sports events were well attended and supported. [b]And lots of kids on each of these teams were athletic and academic all americans. [/b]

It remains to be seen if this will increase enrollment overall or not. But you don't know that any more than I do. And Lburg's M to FM ratio closer to 50/50.

You don't have to like the school but I know several kids having VERY good experiences there and who will grad debt free (I have a rising senior in HS and no one at the school). [/quote]

This is nonsense.  Lynchburg has a 96% acceptance rate and a 54% graduation rate.  Few (if any) are Athletic AND Academic All Americans.[/quote]

Try again: https://lynchburgsports.com/sports/2023/9/1/lynchburg-academic-all-americans.aspx
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