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Is it accurate that Alabama undergrads
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:26 pm
are comprised of only 42% kids from Alabama? That’s crazy….like GA Tech percentages. I think UGA and UF both are pretty high in state…+/- 80%.
Do the residents not complain about that?
Tech will catch flack about it occasionally when the wrong kid gets passed over for little Jimmy from Connecticut.
Do the residents not complain about that?
Tech will catch flack about it occasionally when the wrong kid gets passed over for little Jimmy from Connecticut.
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Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:28 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
No state education lottery. They have to make up the money with higher % out of state students.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:34 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
My daughter had a full academic scholarship to Alabama….
I said sweetie, you really need to think hard about your future.
She made the right choice and we paid full tuition for her to attend Texas A&M.
And now, she’s been so much more successful in life!
I said sweetie, you really need to think hard about your future.
She made the right choice and we paid full tuition for her to attend Texas A&M.
And now, she’s been so much more successful in life!
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:35 pm to BhamDore
Out of state tuition is high.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:35 pm to BhamDore
They made a big programmatic push for OOS students so they could afford Sabans plan to pay players MILLIONS
As least it diluted their rather huge gay presence on campass back in the 70s
As least it diluted their rather huge gay presence on campass back in the 70s
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:36 pm to BhamDore
It’s prob not a bad move if some of the them stay and add talent and entrepreneurship to your labor pool. GT takes 60% from GA, 30 out of state, and 10% international.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:38 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
These articles sum it up nicely.
NYTimes: How the University of Alabama became a National Player
al.com: UA is an extreme case of out of state recruitment.
NYTimes: How the University of Alabama became a National Player
al.com: UA is an extreme case of out of state recruitment.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:38 pm to Reservoir Ag
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She made the right choice and we paid full tuition for her to attend Texas A&M. And now, she’s been so much more successful in life!
Yeah but your daughter won’t be able to brag about natties to prospective employers. How will she ever overcome this obstacle?
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:39 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
There has been a big push to bring in Honors students.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:40 pm to BhamDore
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No state education lottery. They have to make up the money with higher % out of state students.
While also limiting Auburn's out of state admissions. That's a big reason why Alabama's enrollment passed Auburn's in the 90's onto current.
This post was edited on 2/1/22 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:42 pm to Colonel Ingus
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How will she ever overcome this obstacle?
Maybe the colonel can tell her some war stories.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:46 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
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are comprised of only 42% kids from Alabama
I think it's closer to 48%.
My son considered BAMA. It's a beautiful campus.
This post was edited on 2/1/22 at 10:08 pm
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:48 pm to borotiger
I can appreciate the strategy, I just can’t believe it has t caused mutiny among the citizenry. Isn’t the primary objective of all public universities to benefit their state, both the kid, taxpayers, and local industry.
Are they staying after graduation?
Are they staying after graduation?
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:58 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
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I can appreciate the strategy, I just can’t believe it has t caused mutiny among the citizenry. Isn’t the primary objective of all public universities to benefit their state, both the kid, taxpayers, and local industry.
In-state student enrollment has stayed pretty much the same. Total enrollment has risen and has mostly been out of state. They aren't slashing in-state students. They are adding students and almost all of them are out of state.
However, that's been changing the last few years. Enrollment has peaked at this point and been basically the same for 5-6 years.
U of A Students - from Alabama (% of total)
2017 - 15,965 (41.4%)
2018 - 15,394 (40.1%)
2019 - 15,135 (39.7%)
2020 - 15,672 (41.4%)
2021 - 15,694 (41.0%)
For perspective, total enrollment back before the influx of OOS kids (and OOS was still 20-25% at least, speaking as one, though it was much more Florida/Tennessee/Georgia/Texas/Louisiana centric).
2000 - 19,318
2001 - 19,171
2002 - 19,633
2003 - 20,333
2004 - 20,969
2005 - 21,835
I hope they continue to slowly compress back towards a reasonable undergrad level of around 25K or so and 50-55% in-state.
This post was edited on 2/1/22 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 2/1/22 at 6:59 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
With an extremely low unemployment rate in Alabama for the past couple of years, yes some are leaving the state for employment.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 7:05 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
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Isn’t the primary objective of all public universities to benefit their state, both the kid, taxpayers, and local industry.
Lot of that stuff went out the window years ago.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 7:10 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
Maybe goes against the grain of trolling them but a lot of kids from California go to Bama because the academic standards are pretty good, costs are lower and they get a fun college experience also including a good football program. It’s been a trend for the past decade or so
Posted on 2/1/22 at 7:10 pm to Pulpwood Patterson
The state of Alabama funds higher education very poorly. We also have no education lottery. So UA had to look elsewhere for funding. Thankfully there’s no shortage of out of state kids that want to come to UA.
Posted on 2/1/22 at 7:11 pm to siliconvalleytiger
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Maybe goes against the grain of trolling them but a lot of kids from California go to Bama because the academic standards are pretty good, costs are lower and they get a fun college experience also including a good football program. It’s been a trend for the past decade or so
Lots of kids from the Acela Corridor for these exact same reasons (and not just Alabama - across the SEC).
Posted on 2/1/22 at 7:16 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Lots of kids from the Acela Corridor for these exact same reasons (and not just Alabama - across the SEC).
Yep, not just Bama but their football winnings have made them more attractive for sure. Interestingly it used to be Texas-Austin but not as much anymore due to cost of living etc
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