2010 US News undergrad rankings?

starburyknicks2004-2005
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:51:33 +0000

Actually, Fordham was one of the few schools whose applications went up for the class of 2013 (I believe it went up to 24,000 from 23,761). I like your point on how parents have a bearing on the student’s decision and that many of them have not heard of Fordham. I would disagree with you though on one point. NYU is getting to a point where students do not turn it down for state schools or cheaper alternatives. After all, NYU is regarded the #1 dream school in the country and a lot of students take huge loans and make it across the country just to experience NYC/Greenwich Village.

NYU

Admissions Statistics (Fall, 2009)

* Number of Applications: 36,944

Offers of Admission: 10,862 (29,4% accepted)

Number Enrolled: 4,650 (42.8% yield rate)


Fordham

Admissions Statistics (Fall, 2008)

* Number of Applications: 23,761

Offers of Admission: 11,075 (46.6% accepted)

Number Enrolled: 1,871 (16.89% yield rate)


Almost half of the students that were accepted by NYU decided to attend the school v/s almost fifth of the students that were accepted by Fordham who decided to attend. You do the math - clearly a lot of students want to attend NYU and I do not see that many students turning the school down for state schools. I am assuming that the other half that decide not to attend comprise mainly of students that were accepted into better schools (Wharton v/s Stern, ivies, etc) and used NYU as a safety.

I also want to throw out a glaring statistic which Fordham can use to its advantage. Notice that the number of applications NYU gets is 7.94 times its incoming class size. On the other hand, the number of applications Fordham gets is 12.94 times its incoming class size. So in theory, Fordham’s acceptance rate can be less than NYU’s if it gets to same level of reputation. It is amazing considering Fordham’s much smaller size and nationwide reputation, that it almost gets the same number of applications as NYU. The upside potential is really good, just imagine what will happen as more and more people outside catholic high schools find out about Fordham. If Fordham can market itself to these other prospective stuents and can improve its facilities and image to cater to these students, the sky is the limit.