(02-24-2019 06:00 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(02-24-2019 04:17 PM)NoDak Wrote:  

(02-24-2019 09:05 AM)LUSportsFan Wrote:  

(02-23-2019 05:46 PM)NoDak Wrote:  Tx A&M San Antonio is scheduled to be at 25,000 students by 2025, and grow to 50k after that. The regional Texas schools like Sam Houston St, Lamar, Tarleton St and other Southland schools have something to worry about now, as they are no longer even poor 3rd choices. UTSA, UT Dallas, UT Arlington, Houston etc continue to siphon off their enrollments.

While I agree that Texas A&M - San Antonio has potential, I'm not so sure where the "continue to siphon off" statement comes from. It is not supported by the data. Unlike UND which has experienced a steady decline in total enrollment since Fall 2012 (https://dashboards.und.edu/idashboards/i...dashID=818), Sam Houston State enrollment is continuing to climb from 15,893 in 2006 to 21,224 in Fall 2018.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/HNRCKM...y_count=no
https://www.shsu.edu/today@sam/T@S/artic...-the-trend

Lamar's enrollment has restarted its climb following a 3% dip associated with Hurricane Harvey. https://www.lamar.edu/news-and-events/ne...egion.html Long-term, the university experienced growth from a low point of 9,867 in 2006 to 14,783 in Fall 2018 despite several increases in admission standards. Fall 2016, one year before Harvey, saw a peak enrollment of 15,001.

https://www.lamar.edu/about-lu/dashboard...lment.html

To correct a few more things, Tarleton State is currently a member of DII Lone Star Conference; not the DI Southland Conference. Lamar and Sam Houston State are classed as National universities; not Regional.

Back to the topic, for Texas programs, I think if the WAC were on a path to FBS football, Sam Houston State and Lamar might be interested. As a possible FCS conference, I think the WAC would be limited to programs like Tarleton State exploring the possibility of moving up from DII to DI.

UND enrollment has not been going down, as it now is an official pilot trainer of Delta Airlines and United Airlines, where they automatically take aviation grads with a “B” average and has nearly insatiable demand for grads from the Bakken.

Lamar and Sam Houston St going FBS with the WAC is not allowed on this board due to some snowflake posters. Never said Tarleton St was a Southland school.

From the link, official UNDies numbers:

Year Overall Grad Undergrad
2019 13,112 2,615 10,497
2018 13,678 2,703 10,975
2017 13,927 2,672 11,255
2016 14,277 2,639 11,638
2015 14,244 2,645 11,599
2014 14,326 2,750 11,576
2013 14,378 2,667 11,711
2012 13,950 2,578 11,372
2011 13,458 2,433 11,025

Very reminiscent of SIU, EIU, WIU and Chicago St in your mind.

The Minn St system is fighting back as almost all the enrollment “decrease” is due to them being more aggressive with marginal students.