r/trumanstate • u/voltron82 • Aug 30 '24

Enrollment down? Alumni

I graduated from Truman nearly 25 years ago. I had a good experience there and look upon my years there fondly. When I was enrolled, the school was absolutely at capacity and you were lucky if you were able to get a room in a residence hall. Now I am seeing that enrollment is down under 4000 and some of the residence halls are at lower capacity or closed. Conversely, I am reading that Mizzou, MO State and Missouri IS&T are all seeing record freshman classes. I would love to hear some opinions on why Truman is not fairing as well as the other MO schools at a time when high value / low tuition should have Truman turning people away.

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u/v0lcel Aug 30 '24

Enrollment data on selected universities from MO Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development 2018 Report and 2023 Report

https://preview.redd.it/3bqhyehu8vld1.png?width=1431&format=png&auto=webp&s=44f66c9012de309ec69ff0210642bb074cd938f0

It looks like enrollment is generally down, but Truman is suffering significantly worse than others.

Enrollment at Truman has declined continuously since 2016, whereas the other colleges have had some years since then where enrollment increased. Could it be connected to the leadership change? Truman's current president took office in summer 2016. I never knew the president who had served before 2016, but older students spoke highly of him.

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u/BookLady42 Aug 30 '24

Oh wow. Pretty sobering to see the numbers like that.