Enrollment Size
October 16th, 2009 - byFar too many times I speak with families that say they want their son or daughter to have the “true” college experience. Many times this is making an inference about size of the school. Typically, the mental picture a family is talking about is the 15,000 students, state-school. Don’t get me wrong, I think there are great and even the best universities out there that are “big” schools. However, if you want to play collegiate sports this mindset may be limiting you.
Take a look at these figures:
Of the 2,871 undergraduate colleges and universities in the country,
*45.1% of schools have 0-1,000 students
*21.1% of schools have 1,000-2,500 students
*12.4% of schools have 2,500-5,000 students
*9.7% of schools have 5,000-10,000 students
*4.7% of schools have 10,000-15,000 students
*2.3% of schools have 15,000-20,000 students
*4.3% of schools have 20,000+ students
So, if you are a family going into this recruiting process, and only would like schools of more than 5,000 students then you are immediately eliminating 79% of all universities. Just a number to think about.
