I’m surprised the Naval Academy isn’t on the list, either. The chapel used to get booked every hour at graduation. https://www.southernbrideandgroom.com/a-clockwork-wedding-destination-annapolis/
The academies have only been integrated for 40 years, with a steady increase in the number of women. The numbers should continue to increase as a % over time. The urgency for marriage is to increase the COLA allowances upon deployment.
I’m convinced the author confused Miami U and University of Miami.
For the couple I know, the urgency to marry before deployment was because the logistics of wedding planning with several years of deployment ahead seemed impossible. With both families in town for graduation and unknown leave schedules it was a way to seal the deal before the separation at sea.
At present, only a handful (2 or 3)of my kids’ former classmates married someone they met in college, most of them left their college towns, worked in large cities, went to grad schools, started new job and only then they started to think of meeting a potential partner. Most of them did not marry until after 30 years old.
Both my kids dated someone seriously in college but broke up shortly after graduation because they didn’t want to be encumbered by relationships starting their post college life. D as well as S married at 31.
Just read the NYT wedding section last weekend to find that my friends’(who have moved abroad) daughter finally married her college sweetheart after dating for 11 years. They met in college and both are now doing postdoctorals in the same university while one partner did his PhD halfway across the country. This took a lot of time, $$ and dedication.
@BuckeyeMWDSG , the bulk of those Naval Academy weddings are not midshipmen marrying other midshipmen. TThe majority of them are marrying either h.s. Sweethearts or people they met elsewhere while in college. The chapel is actually booked hourly on Saturdays all year long, with reservations opening exactly year in advance. Having been married in the Chapel myself, I’m quite familiar with it. ;). However, I didn’t attend (dh did), we didn’t meet in college (we met three weeks after he graduated) and we didn’t start dating until several years later, getting married in our late 20s. We were lucky…the wedding scheduled immediately after ours was canceled so thankfully we were not rushed through our ceremony or picture taking. They run a tight ship keeping those weddings moving!
I should note, those “June week” weddings, as they used to be called back in the day, have an extremely high divorce rate.
My mom, who was very traditional, wanted me to find a boyfriend in college. We called it the MRS degree. Btw, I met my future husband in HS.
Regarding divorce rates among married couples who met at college, I find this an interesting article, linking a lower divorce rate among college educated women:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/12/04/education-and-marriage/
I was in college in the late '70’s and it was not not a “thing” to attend college to see an MRS degree.
I don’t think the younger generation thinks this way very much either. I would see the exception being students at very religious colleges such as BYU where young marriages are encouraged.
My in-laws met at Bethany Bible College-nicknamed Bethany Bridal College for the number of students who married each other.
@traveler98 my husband and I were both in APO too! We met in the basement of the science building signing up for a self-paced chemistry exam in Oct of our freshman year and have been together ever since (36 years married, 40 years together this month!). My son met a girl at college and he is already saying that she is “the one”. All I can say is that Sept of your freshman year was way too early (you should have waited until October 
My folks at older sister are the only 2 in our family who met in college, U of MI. All of the rest of us met elsewhere.
I met my husband at the beginning of my freshman year in college. (Tufts)
One of my daughters is married to a guy she met in sophomore year of college. They were friends throughout college, though she dated someone else. They started dating soon after graduating. (NYU/Tisch)
And more than just a few women.
The article is 2 years old. And silly.
My daughter and her husband went to the same college (Cornell) but didn’t meet until after graduation. I’m not sure whether this counts.
I heard from an old alum that Bates College was known as the “match box,” because of a high rate of marriages between alumni. I guess at a time when matches were known commodities, before smoking decreased in America.
Seems a lot like the concept of colleges that change lives. They all do. And you could meet your spouse at any college.
@jym626 yes I know article is old, but I posted it so I can pester my daughter to find a suitable match when she will be in college. I have heard it of from other parents how hard it is to find a right match once you are out of college. It may be an Asian problem but we are open to everything as long as she is happy with her choice. lol
There are many opportunities to meet a spouse. The old joke was that some women attended college to get their Mrs degree. That is no longer the case for many women. IMO 18-22 yr olds aren’t ready for that decision.