Does anyone have any intel on the Class of 2025 Deposits and whether or not they made their enrollment goal this year? I heard applications were up considerably this past cycle but haven't heard anything about what if any impact that had on the yield (The percentage of accepted students who choose to enroll). Deadline for students to decide was May 1st.
This was awhile ago, but I heard that they were on course to meet admissions and revenue targets for the freshman class, but that those targets were intentionally lower than they had been.
The small freshman class of last year is going to be a drag on enrollment and revenue for years - as it will be at many schools.
Through the grapevine, this class looks slightly behind but not significantly so.
Some of MU's midwest Catholic university colleagues though...yikes.
Anyway, I have sort of come to the conclusion that IF BE expansion is on the table again, getting a public university like Memphis would be a better alternative than some of those names that have been pushed forward here. I'm not sure they are going to have the $$ to compete in this new era - not sure some of our BE mates do even now.
I haven't heard any specific numbers other than the trend of more students living in the residence halls, which led to O'D being opened up again last year. We still have a few more weeks until Orientation so there is time for "summer melt."
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 08, 2025, 10:57:33 AMI haven't heard any specific numbers other than the trend of more students living in the residence halls, which led to O'D being opened up again last year. We still have a few more weeks until Orientation so there is time for "summer melt."
Since commuters are only 5% of undergrad students (It was 25% back in my day) it's not unreasonable to assume that an increase in demand for dorm rooms means an increase in enrollment.
Baseball teammate and lifting buddy of my son will be living in O'Donnell. He is not thrilled.
Quote from: tower912 on August 13, 2025, 05:33:58 AMBaseball teammate and lifting buddy of my son will be living in O'Donnell. He is not thrilled.
My niece lived in O'Donnell her freshman year (2019). My younger daughter made an official MU visit and spent a night hanging with her cousin so she could attend a pre-game gathering the next morning with her as the Marquette game was early the next day. My daughter said, "meh" and I know my niece was never thrilled to live there but she is easy going.
Coincidentally, my daughter's freshman year dorm at UVM, where she ended up attending, was not that much different than O'Donnell.
Quote from: tower912 on August 13, 2025, 05:33:58 AMBaseball teammate and lifting buddy of my son will be living in O'Donnell. He is not thrilled.
I was not thrilled either, i wanted a real dorm not mini apartment, which OD was, but what sucked was getting food during Milwaukee winters. There were multiple days I'd wait till night to get a frozen pizza from the hall store because I wasn't about to walk to mashuda let alone McCormick AMU or Schoeder.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 08, 2025, 10:57:33 AMI haven't heard any specific numbers other than the trend of more students living in the residence halls, which led to O'D being opened up again last year. We still have a few more weeks until Orientation so there is time for "summer melt."
What trend, are not students required to live on campus?
Quote from: muwarrior69 on August 13, 2025, 09:56:59 AMWhat trend, are not students required to live on campus?
Only first and second year students who don't commute are required to live on campus.
Quote from: warriorchick on August 13, 2025, 12:41:58 AMSince commuters are only 5% of undergrad students (It was 25% back in my day) it's not unreasonable to assume that an increase in demand for dorm rooms means an increase in enrollment.
It was close to 50% when I attended. The first thing you learn was to make friends with a local. They had the "wheels".
Quote from: The Sultan on August 13, 2025, 09:58:51 AMOnly first and second year students who don't commute are required to live on campus.
*More specifically, w/n a 35 mile radius and life w the rents (geeks)
Quote from: Galway Eagle on August 13, 2025, 08:46:31 AMI was not thrilled either, i wanted a real dorm not mini apartment, which OD was, but what sucked was getting food during Milwaukee winters. There were multiple days I'd wait till night to get a frozen pizza from the hall store because I wasn't about to walk to mashuda let alone McCormick AMU or Schoeder.
I was bummed when I was assigned to O'D to be an RA, but it was a good experience. O
O'D definitely had more of a "brotherhood" feel there, and it was more social than when I lived in Mashuda. We had a dining hall downstairs that was open during the weekdays, and we went to Mashuda or McCormick on the weekends. After the Commons opened, both O'D and Mashuda had their dining halls closed.
Quote from: muwarrior69 on August 13, 2025, 09:56:59 AMWhat trend, are not students required to live on campus?
post COVID MU was enrolling more local kids, and since they lived within the radius where they didn't have to live in the halls, they opted out. Not all of them lived at home; they could use their parents (or a relative's) address and get an apartment (my nephew did this). O'D was closed for a few years and only reopened for the 2024-25 year.
https://marquettewire.org/4058866/tribune/tribune-featured/odonnell-hall-close/
https://today.marquette.edu/2024/06/odonnell-hall-opening-as-residence-option-in-2024-25/
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 13, 2025, 10:52:43 AMI was bummed when I was assigned to O'D to be an RA, but it was a good experience. O
O'D definitely had more of a "brotherhood" feel there, and it was more social than when I lived in Mashuda. We had a dining hall downstairs that was open during the weekdays, and we went to Mashuda or McCormick on the weekends. After the Commons opened, both O'D and Mashuda had their dining halls closed.
post COVID MU was enrolling more local kids, and since they lived within the radius where they didn't have to live in the halls, they opted out. Not all of them lived at home; they could use their parents (or a relative's) address and get an apartment (my nephew did this). O'D was closed for a few years and only reopened for the 2024-25 year.
https://marquettewire.org/4058866/tribune/tribune-featured/odonnell-hall-close/
https://today.marquette.edu/2024/06/odonnell-hall-opening-as-residence-option-in-2024-25/
I was in OD circa 2009/10 well before the Commons was even a twinkle in Marquette's eye and there wasn't a cafeteria. I don't think there's a correlation to the commons unless they briefly opened one and closed it after.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on August 13, 2025, 12:03:18 PMI was in OD circa 2009/10 well before the Commons was even a twinkle in Marquette's eye and there wasn't a cafeteria. I don't think there's a correlation to the commons unless they briefly opened one and closed it after.
I was there during 1995-96. Rony Eford used to eat breakfast there every morning. It was probably a money thing to close the dining hall in O'D, but didn't that area get turned into a social area, the Man Cave or something like that? I was surprised to learn that Mashuda's had been closed, especially after all of the money that was put into it turning it into a 50s style diner. I read the opening of Commons was the reason Mashuda's was closed.
O'Donnell was a women's dorm when I attended. My cousin was a RA there.
MU initially assigned me to O'D, but I refused. It was guys only — not my thing.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 13, 2025, 12:13:46 PMI was there during 1995-96. Rony Eford used to eat breakfast there every morning. It was probably a money thing to close the dining hall in O'D, but didn't that area get turned into a social area, the Man Cave or something like that? I was surprised to learn that Mashuda's had been closed, especially after all of the money that was put into it turning it into a 50s style diner. I read the opening of Commons was the reason Mashuda's was closed.
Yeah the man cave was fairly new when I started. Constantly smelled like it had just flooded, that musty mildewy smell and the hum of multiple dehumidifiers. Plus the absolute zero tolerance for booze made it usually a ghost town or only used by the gamer contingent but I've never really cared for gaming.
There were some game day events but at the time I would rather have a couple beers with a few friends in a dorm room to watch than a soda on the big screen with 50 guys I didn't know but different strokes for different folks.
Quote from: Galway Eagle on August 13, 2025, 12:03:18 PMI was in OD circa 2009/10 well before the Commons was even a twinkle in Marquette's eye and there wasn't a cafeteria. I don't think there's a correlation to the commons unless they briefly opened one and closed it after.
I was in OD 00 and there was a full cafeteria in the basement. The smells were so strong they stuck to your clothes, so it wasn't uncommon for a lot of the guys to have their 'cafeteria clothes'.
Quote from: The Sultan on August 08, 2025, 09:52:25 AMThrough the grapevine, this class looks slightly behind but not significantly so.
Some of MU's midwest Catholic university colleagues though...yikes.
Anyway, I have sort of come to the conclusion that IF BE expansion is on the table again, getting a public university like Memphis would be a better alternative than some of those names that have been pushed forward here. I'm not sure they are going to have the $$ to compete in this new era - not sure some of our BE mates do even now.
I heard that Seton Hall was not in great shape financially, but do not know that for a fact. What can you tell us not only about the BE Catholic schools but also Butler? And what about "names that have been pushed forward here"?
I totally get what you are saying-just hoping for more info please.
Quote from: Scoop Snoop on August 13, 2025, 02:25:55 PMI heard that Seton Hall was not in great shape financially, but do not know that for a fact. What can you tell us not only about the BE Catholic schools but also Butler? And what about "names that have been pushed forward here"?
I totally get what you are saying-just hoping for more info please.
It is my understanding that Dayton, SLU, and especially Xavier, are struggling this cycle. Butler seems to be doing fine - they've done a decent job positioning themselves a little higher academically than some of the others.
Quote from: The Sultan on August 13, 2025, 02:36:21 PMIt is my understanding that Dayton, SLU, and especially Xavier, are struggling this cycle. Butler seems to be doing fine - they've done a decent job positioning themselves a little higher academically than some of the others.
Butler is starting a nursing program, enrolling their first class this fall, and they started a two year program that will feed into the four year school. Loyola Chicago and St. Thomas have established similar programs. Pretty innovative, IMO:
https://stories.butler.edu/butler-university-creating-two-year-college-to-increase-access-and-degree-attainment-for-underserved-students/
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 13, 2025, 03:31:29 PMButler is starting a nursing program, enrolling their first class this fall, and they started a two year program that will feed into the four year school. Loyola Chicago and St. Thomas have established similar programs. Pretty innovative, IMO:
https://stories.butler.edu/butler-university-creating-two-year-college-to-increase-access-and-degree-attainment-for-underserved-students/
St. Thomas really building on that momentum of beating Marquette. Shaka truly is a progrum builder
Isn't Dayton just a community college?
Quote from: Uncle Rico on August 13, 2025, 04:08:21 PMSt. Thomas really building on that momentum of beating Marquette. Shaka truly is a progrum builder
JFC. The obsession with a rich kid college in Minnesota that has a stated goal of eventually joining the MVC is such a Scoop thing. ::)
Quote from: Jay Bee on August 13, 2025, 04:20:20 PMIsn't Dayton just a community college?
I hope one of my kids goes to Dayton, just so I can go to Parents Weekend.
Quote from: The Lens on August 14, 2025, 11:27:35 AMI hope one of my kids goes to Dayton, just so I can go to Parents Weekend.
Oh, you've never been?
Philistine.
Quote from: The Lens on August 14, 2025, 11:27:35 AMI hope one of my kids goes to Dayton, just so I can go to Parents Weekend.
Better yet, go to a game. PM Fieldhouse Flyer so you can get seats together and spend some quality time together post-game. It'll be a fun day.
here are stats MU posted on their FB feed today regarding the class of 2029 (good God, really???):
more than 1,930 students from 39 states, two U.S. territories and 19 other countries
📈 Nearly 21,000 students applied for the Class of 2029
👩🏿�🦱👨🏽�🦱 Marquette welcomes its most diverse class in recorded history, with 33% identifying as students of color
☝️ 22% are first-generation college students
🧠 Nearly 13% of the class was accepted and committed to the highly competitive Honors Program
🧀 More than 38% of the class hails from Wisconsin, while over 37% of the class hails from Illinois
🙏 130 students attended Jesuit high schools
One other note I'd seen posted elsewhere (maybe here) was that the acceptance rate was under 80% for the first time in many years.
The Jesuit school stat seems really low to me. It seemed like there were at least 100 in my class from MUHS, SLU High, Creighton Prep and Loyola Academy.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 20, 2025, 06:07:55 PMhere are stats MU posted on their FB feed today regarding the class of 2029 (good God, really???):
more than 1,930 students from 39 states, two U.S. territories and 19 other countries
📈 Nearly 21,000 students applied for the Class of 2029
👩🏿�🦱👨🏽�🦱 Marquette welcomes its most diverse class in recorded history, with 33% identifying as students of color
☝️ 22% are first-generation college students
🧠 Nearly 13% of the class was accepted and committed to the highly competitive Honors Program
🧀 More than 38% of the class hails from Wisconsin, while over 37% of the class hails from Illinois
🙏 130 students attended Jesuit high schools
One other note I'd seen posted elsewhere (maybe here) was that the acceptance rate was under 80% for the first time in many years.
The Jesuit school stat seems really low to me. It seemed like there were at least 100 in my class from MUHS, SLU High, Creighton Prep and Loyola Academy.
Ugh, look at all the non-whites
I think you have a comma out of place. 21k applicants? That would make the acceptance rate around 9%
Quote from: tower912 on August 20, 2025, 06:24:07 PMI think you have a comma out of place. 21k applicants? That would make the acceptance rate around 9%
They accepted a lot more than actually came here. That's the number used for acceptance rate
Quote from: TAMU, Knower of Ball on August 20, 2025, 06:30:37 PMThey accepted a lot more than actually came here. That's the number used for acceptance rate
Exactly.
I am curious what the yield rate was. Also, 75% from WI/IL. Does anyone know how that compares to previous years?
Fair. My bad.
Quote from: Uncle Rico on August 20, 2025, 06:14:01 PMUgh, look at all the non-whites
It's mostly white-looking people who identify as students of color.
Quote from: Jay Bee on August 20, 2025, 08:28:28 PMIt's mostly white-looking people who identify as students of color.
Fake news.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on August 20, 2025, 06:07:55 PMhere are stats MU posted on their FB feed today regarding the class of 2029 (good God, really???):
more than 1,930 students from 39 states, two U.S. territories and 19 other countries
📈 Nearly 21,000 students applied for the Class of 2029
👩🏿�🦱👨🏽�🦱 Marquette welcomes its most diverse class in recorded history, with 33% identifying as students of color
☝️ 22% are first-generation college students
🧠 Nearly 13% of the class was accepted and committed to the highly competitive Honors Program
🧀 More than 38% of the class hails from Wisconsin, while over 37% of the class hails from Illinois
🙏 130 students attended Jesuit high schools
One other note I'd seen posted elsewhere (maybe here) was that the acceptance rate was under 80% for the first time in many years.
The Jesuit school stat seems really low to me. It seemed like there were at least 100 in my class from MUHS, SLU High, Creighton Prep and Loyola Academy.
It's probably students from 130 Jesuit schools represented
Quote from: Hards Alumni on August 21, 2025, 07:08:12 AMIt's probably students from 130 Jesuit schools represented
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