Anonymous
05/15/2025 22:49
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Their endowments are not the ones that would get hit with the tax, though.
Pretty sure UVA's and Michigan's would.
Nope, both under $500k per student.
I thought the tax was going to be for total of 10b or more?
Endowment funds per student, starting at $500k: https://www.highereddive.com/news/house-panel-advances-bill-college-endowment-tax-21/748169/
Anonymous
05/15/2025 22:34
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Their endowments are not the ones that would get hit with the tax, though.
Pretty sure UVA's and Michigan's would.
Nope, both under $500k per student.
I thought the tax was going to be for total of 10b or more?
Anonymous
05/15/2025 22:10
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Their endowments are not the ones that would get hit with the tax, though.
Pretty sure UVA's and Michigan's would.
Nope, both under $500k per student.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 22:03
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
For a flagship, yes. For a private college, no.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 21:08
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Their endowments are not the ones that would get hit with the tax, though.
Pretty sure UVA's and Michigan's would.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 21:07
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Their endowments are not the ones that would get hit with the tax, though.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 18:26
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
College counselor said big public’s would suffer the most for reasons mentioned above plus they rely on foreign T.A.s. Endowments are being taxed. Best bet is a non research religious institution like a BC or HC, etc.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 18:23
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Would you send your DC to a college with a low endowment/student ratio? Why or why not?
It will vary school by school. But there's no doubt that schools with $700,000+ per student endowments offer more opportunities to a student. But that's not a rule. A lot of the good STEM schools are publics with a much lower ratio. If the kid is pursuing a degree in STEM at Georgia Tech or UIUC or Berkeley, I wouldn't pay too much attention. But for everything else, yes, absolutely endowment per student makes a big difference. And I wouldn't go anywhere near a school that's teetering.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 18:10
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Would you send your DC to a college with a low endowment/student ratio? Why or why not?
Eh. Never concerned nor considered. Both kids at OOS publics.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 17:29
Subject: Re:Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:This is the time of year where people come on to sh*t on any school their kid didn't get accepted to OR any school a nemesis' kid accepted.
This is so true! It is disheartening that people can't be happy for others. Every year during the months of April and May hateful and jealous individuals come on here to degrade schools that their children were rejected from. The level of bitterness is out of control here.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 16:45
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most public schools fall into that category. What do you consider low?
Just stop. They’re state supported which makes a big difference.
Grow up, it's a very useful question.
It did but does is now? State support is going to be in peril based on Republican budget proposals and the mischief that they are causing with Grant money. If you are in NY you are probably safe because nobody is going to mess with Stoney Brook or Buffalo because they need those republican reps on board and they would lose if the funding gets cut to those schools. Certain other places, not so much. PA already has school funding issues for example.
There’s just so many “maybes” in this right now, with the eventual effects on colleges uncertain. The college endowment tax is a bigger direct threat at the moment.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 16:35
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:No, that’s not what our family does. They will go to a financially healthy Ivy+ or elite LAC.
And what happens if a highly competitive school isn't a good fit for a child? I truly don't understand a blanket statement about what a family does.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 16:33
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Most public schools fall into that category. What do you consider low?
Just stop. They’re state supported which makes a big difference.
Grow up, it's a very useful question.
It did but does is now? State support is going to be in peril based on Republican budget proposals and the mischief that they are causing with Grant money. If you are in NY you are probably safe because nobody is going to mess with Stoney Brook or Buffalo because they need those republican reps on board and they would lose if the funding gets cut to those schools. Certain other places, not so much. PA already has school funding issues for example.
Anonymous
05/15/2025 14:52
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Georgetown?
Anonymous
05/13/2025 23:04
Subject: Colleges with low endowment/student
Anonymous wrote:If republicans pass their endowment tax whose rate rises above certain thresholds of endowment per student, your best bet is going to be a public school with a large overall endowment (but lower per student) and plenty of state support.
This is assuming you make decisions solely off of things like this, which you shouldn’t. But since you asked.
And this may be in question if the GOP plan to cut Medicaid goes through - pushing coverage of this support to the states. States may likely pull ack on higher ed spending. Coupled with possible lower international student demand, cutting of grant funding, etc publics may see increasing financial pressures as well.