Just curious what other parents thinks about meeting future spouses. Any other inside information.
http://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-where-youll-meet-your-spouse-2015-5#
There may be a lot of young men that will avoid these schools now. LOL.
hahaha, or may decide to enroll more in greater numbers, lol
You can - but statistically won’t - meet your spouse at any college. I would think you could maximize the odds by choosing a college which best fits your interests and personality, where you will be your happiest and best self.
Met mine at Michigan State. He was one of like 5 guys in our major lol.
Second dos’ advice. My program attracted a very specific type of person, especially if you’re male since it was considered a feminine program for some reason.
We’re unique though. Our program is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and I’m pretty sure we’re the only alumni couple that has married.
The Chabad at my campus is practically famous for creating lots of [nice Jewish] couples. There’s at least 20 marriages I can think of since graduating 2 years ago, with a lot of people still-dating-will-probably-propose-soon. And now I’m planning my own 
Miami Mergers didn’t make the list? Miami University (OH)
http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/16/interior.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=535
@BuckeyeMWDSG that was my first thought. I just knew Miami would be near the top of the list. I had four Miami mergers in my subdivision!
Met mine at SMU.
It makes me wonder if the author confused Miami University (OH) with University of Miami (FL) which is on the list. 14% of Miami University (OH) alumni are married to each other. https://www.theknot.com/content/how-cute-are-miami-universitys-traditions-for-married-alumni
My alma mater is so small I doubt it would ever have been on the radar to make this list. It was known as THE place for a female to get her MRS back in the late 70’s/early 80’s. The men were enlightened enough to find smart, engineering-oriented women sexy - which, in turn, made the women find the men sexy.
My husband did not meet me at his college- Vassar- but of the four friends with whom he keeps in touch regularly, three out of the four did meet their spouses at Vassar!
I run into alot of college marriages that originated at Calvin and Hope here in Michigan. But I think in general, that would occur more often in colleges that attract kids from families that have more traditional family values - Christian or other where marriage itself and marriage n the early twenties is a typical lifestyle.
Let’s see, I went to a technical U that was 85% male and the smart, engineering-oriented women tended toward decidedly unsexy. Of the roughly 150 fraternity brothers over the years, exactly one marriage were both alumni.
S1 and his college gf are going on year 3, so maybe for them (state of WA does not make the list at all). I do have some hope for S2, a straight white Catholic boy who has never had a date is now at ND.
40 years ago, I fell in love with a gorgeous boy who lived on my hall at U-Mich (you know, co-ed bathrooms and all). Met him during my first week and we’ve been together ever since.
DS is a junior at West Point, doesn’t “cadate” (cadet dating), and says he won’t consider marriage until his service years are done. I’ll be at least 67 by then. Sigh. However, there is a flurry of officer marriages in the weeks following graduation/commissioning so the couples have a better chance at deploying or stationing together.
I met mine playing pinball in the basement of our House. A lot of my friends stayed with their college significant others, including both my brothers. I can say, it would have been much harder to meet any one afterwards - I worked in small offices and the guys were all taken or gay.
Seems really high, but…
The only place I had heard about previously was Swarthmore. http://swarthmorephoenix.com/2014/11/06/quaker-matchbox/
I would assume these number ignore diverstitures. Swarthmore’s list says “eventually married”, so it appears to ignore divorce. In the case of Miami, half of the marriages are in the state of Ohio, which has a near 60% divorce rate (+/- 10% compared to the US average). For 1 in 7 alum to be married to another alum, net of divorce, seems really unlikely.
As for the list, unless you’re Kate Middleton (or her mother), it’s hard to imagine this being a criterion for selecting a school.
Met mine in class at Cal.
Met my H through Alpha Phi Omega (a coed service fraternity with ties to the Boy Scouts) at Penn State. I personally know of at least four other married couples who met at A Phi O just from the time I went to school at PSU, so it definitely wasn’t just us who made a lasting connection that way.
14% is really high, but that’s the percent in the 2015 knot article and the university reported “nearly 14%” in 2016 so maybe it is dropping slightly?, most universities fall between 3-9%
Miami Mergers by the numbers:
28,524 – Number of living Miamians married to other Miami alumni.
14,262 – Number of Miami Merger couples.
13,658 – Number of Miami Merger valentines mailed earlier this month (based on current mailing addresses available and not total number of mergers).
7,062 – Number of Miami Merger couples from Ohio—the most in one state.
1990-1993 – Miami’s top four graduating classes for Miami Mergers, accounting for 1,470 total Miami Merger couples.
1,087 – Number of couples who renewed their wedding vows at Miami University’s Upham Arch on June 20, 2009—still a Guinness World Record.
50 – U.S. states with at least one Miami Merger couple.
40 – Number of Miami Merger couples living outside the U.S.—Canada leads the way among 16 total countries with 14 mergers.
14 – Number of Miami Mergers reported from the Class of 2015
1 – Number of Miami Mergers already reported from the Class of 2016