The obvious answer is state flagships. I can even imagine an unlikely but very possible scenario where they are the only physical colleges left and the rest on line and tech delivered.

If Rutgers changed its name to University of New Jersey or UNJ it would go up fast.

Roll Tide

I'm so sorry I must ask what is the UC system? University of California??

Maybe the northeast is headed towards Cleveland status, but right now the Tik Tokkers love the "My average day at-insert selective northeast private school". Indians in particular. Almost weirdly obsessed in making and watching them.

Anonymous wrote:All state flagships.

+1 as the top schools get more and more expensive, and more difficult to get into for certain type of demographics and major, the in state flagships will continue to grow and get stronger.

In general I think there will be a push to schools perceived as fun but with good educational rigor. The northeast schools will drop because they are perceived as grim grinds filled with backstabbing, unfriendly people. Political moderation will be appealing. I think this generation of kids, who suffered through covid, has little patience for schools where, fair or not, there is a perception of tolerance of drama queens and waste of education. This will also go with an increasing demand for good ROI.

Excessive drama, misery, and petulance is headed out, solid education, fun, and good ROI is in.

Anonymous wrote:Everything in the Rust Belt is fading. Kids don’t want to be in a freezing cold dying region outside of perhaps Catholics at Notre Dame. You can’t pull the wool over their eyes, they pull up YouTube instagram and TikTok and see how cold grey and dreary those regions are most of the school year.

Not really. Big Ten school are very popular.

Most sought after will offer STEM/engineering/CS. Kids don’t want soft science degrees that only qualify them to work at Starbucks.

University of Florida

Everything in the Rust Belt is fading. Kids don’t want to be in a freezing cold dying region outside of perhaps Catholics at Notre Dame. You can’t pull the wool over their eyes, they pull up YouTube instagram and TikTok and see how cold grey and dreary those regions are most of the school year.

Oh wonderful. Yet another thread that is an expression of what someone hopes will happen. Because as predictive value, the value of this is 0.

Anonymous wrote:- The top 20 national universities will be seen as peers. HPY will lose some prestige, while schools like Chicago, Duke, and Vanderbilt will become their peers.

- The best SLACs (not including the military academies) will grow in stature and size as more kids want a quality education - not just a name - and STEM requires more economic scale.

- The best state universities will also become more coveted, grow, and accept more OOS students. 50% OOS will become the norm for these schools.

Sadly, I disagree with this. More kids will want ROI rather than a quality education.

Rutgers is like a cross between UMD and UVA. Top in-state students want UVA. Maryland, especially with CS, retains many of the best Maryland students. Rutgers isn't seen as a state school which keeps home the best and brightest.

Maybe because of all the other choices available in the northeast-SLACS, Jesuits, private R1 schools. Or it's the wacky take a bus to class campus feel.

UVA and UNC are already insanely competitive to get into. I shudder to think what it will look like in 10 years.

Anonymous wrote:All state flagships.

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THIS

Another PP mentioned schools like Rutgers and UMDs will grow in interest.

South and west will rise, north and east will decline. Generally speaking.