Deciding on a College in New York?

blprof
Sun, 05 Jun 2016 04:06:07 +0000

OP said costs had to be below $50,000, so that makes schools like Cornell, Vassar, NYU, Hamilton and Rochester unaffordable, unless they give aid to internationals.

@lostaccount: I know you hate SUNYs, but really the facts are the facts:

“Between 2008 and 2019, the number of high school graduates (public and private) in New York State is likely to decrease by 16.5% due to actual declines observed now by grade level in the State’s schools. No changes were assumed in population migration patterns or in the rate at which students graduate from high school. This decrease mirrors the increase that occurred between 2000 and 2008. High school graduate numbers are expected to begin decreasing in 2010 in NYC and in 2009 for the rest of the State. These projected changes reflect progressively smaller classes now in the
elementary grades which in turn reflect both the slump in birth rates after the baby boom and the net out-migration of population from the state which has been experienced for some time now.”

http://www.highered.nysed.gov/oris/counts/projections/hsgprojections.pdf

This phenomenon has been readily observed in upstate New York, with a decline in our local CC of 20% over the past four years. This is directly attributable to the declining number of high school graduates in the state.