Marquette seeks to expand geographic student diversity

[Macallan 18]

Brian Troyer must be a Scoop reader!

https://marquettewire.org/4135409/news/with-increasing-new-student-population-mu-seeks-to-expand-geographic-student-diversity-use-alumni-network-to-market-the-university/

Expanding geographic diversity

One of the biggest initiatives outlined in the new enrollment plan is an effort to significantly expand the geographic diversity of students on campus. Currently, 70% of Marquette students originate from three U.S. states: Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.

Troyer highlighted the success of a fly-in program that provides opportunities for prospective students from around the country to visit Marquette. He explained the program and the impact that it has on prospective students.

"The team in Undergraduate Admissions has done a wonderful job making a campus visit a reality for a large number of students," Troyer said in an email. Troyer highlighted the fact that campus visits often increase likelihood of students enrolling who would not have enrolled without visiting campus.

For students like Tyler Hegdahl, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, the efforts to expand geographic representation on campus are a welcome sign.

Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hegdahl first heard about Marquette when he saw a table representing the university at a Jesuit college fair near his home. However, he struggled to find his community when he first came to campus in 2023.

"Being from Portland, I came here not knowing really anybody," Hegdahl said. "When you have more people from all across the country... it definitely brings a more welcoming and more diverse community."

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Brian Troyer must be a Scoop reader!

https://marquettewire.org/4135409/news/with-increasing-new-student-population-mu-seeks-to-expand-geographic-student-diversity-use-alumni-network-to-market-the-university/

This would have been even cooler 6 years ago.  I have had a geographic diversity with Brian in the past.

[muwarrior69]

Neither my roommate nor I did a campus visit. He was from CA and I was from NJ. We both had a family member who attended MU, but I am not sure a campus visit would have influenced us either way. After all in our day there was no "campus", just downtown Milwaukee.

[The Sultan]

Neither my roommate nor I did a campus visit. He was from CA and I was from NJ. We both had a family member who attended MU, but I am not sure a campus visit would have influenced us either way. After all in our day there was no "campus", just downtown Milwaukee.

This are a little different than they were 60 years ago.

[RJax55]

This are a little different than they were 60 years ago.

This should be pinned at the top of the board, lol. Relevant to most threads these days. When did Scoop get so old??

[GB Warrior]

We should diversify the sources of our basketball talent

[Pakuni]

Diversity? Gross.

[tower912]

We should diversify the sources of our basketball talent
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The geographic diversity of MU's roster is spectacular.

[GB Warrior]

The geographic diversity of MU's roster is spectacular.

Yeah but we should consider people from different walks of life.  Like people who have walked life at another college basketball program

[tower912]

 

[muwarrior69]

This are a little different than they were 60 years ago.

as for campus a lot better.

[Uncle Rico]

This are a little different than they were 60 years ago.

Bring back DDT

[Warriors4ever]

This year is my 50year reunion from MU - no one ran around visiting campuses back then, people I think today put more effort into choosing kindergartens for their kids than we did for college and grad school lol.
What about the fact that only 14% of kids accepted actually enroll? I'd like to see attention paid to that.

[The Sultan]

This year is my 50year reunion from MU - no one ran around visiting campuses back then, people I think today put more effort into choosing kindergartens for their kids than we did for college and grad school lol.
What about the fact that only 14% of kids accepted actually enroll? I'd like to see attention paid to that.

Very common across higher ed. The common app makes applications easy and hardly anyone charges a fee.

[Billy Hoyle]

This year is my 50year reunion from MU - no one ran around visiting campuses back then, people I think today put more effort into choosing kindergartens for their kids than we did for college and grad school lol.
What about the fact that only 14% of kids accepted actually enroll? I'd like to see attention paid to that.

are you really being critical of people who do campus visits? Considering the cost of attending a school like MU, parents who are paying the bill would like to see where there kid will be attending, especially the facilities, amenities, and general environment. My niece eliminated Northwestern because when she visited, she did not like the vibe she got from the students there. My parents were not fully on board with me going to MU (out-of-state and much more expensive than the state schools I got into) until we visited and they heard about the service component of the MU and Jesuit education, and then they were all in. Kids and parents knowing what they're getting into before enrolling is going to be important for both initial enrollment yield and retention rates.

[Billy Hoyle]

Very common across higher ed. The common app makes applications easy and hardly anyone charges a fee.

This. When I was applying pre-Common App, I had to pay a fee for each school and write essays for each college I was applying to, which is rather time consuming. My dad only let me apply to schools I would actually consider attending (and could afford to attend) if I were admitted. With the Common App, kids can apply to up to 20 schools at one time with the click of a button and not pay an application fee for each school.

It isn't uncommon for kids to just apply to schools just to say (and for their parents to brag about) how many they got admitted to, thus the low yield on admitted students colleges are seeing.

I am not surprised by MU's push to increase geographic diversity, and it's a smart move, especially as the pool of applicants in the three states that make up 70% of our student body shrinks. As someone not from WI, IL or MN, I definitely felt like a bit of an outsider and saw more of my classmates from outside of those states transfer at a higher rate. As an RA on my floor I had students from California, Kentucky, Texas, Washington State and Louisiana not return for their sophomore years.

[Jay Bee]

^^^RAs are dorks

[Billy Hoyle]

^^^RAs are dorks

free R/B and single room. I only lasted one year because I was doing it "for the wrong reasons" and "abused my privileges."  Apparently, giving out "get out of a beer bust free" cards went against the rules of the job and weren't accepted by other RAs.   

[wadesworld]

This year is my 50year reunion from MU - no one ran around visiting campuses back then, people I think today put more effort into choosing kindergartens for their kids than we did for college and grad school lol.
What about the fact that only 14% of kids accepted actually enroll? I'd like to see attention paid to that.

I think you answer your own concern with your post.  More kids that were accepted to Marquette used to enroll because they never visited Marquette.  Nowadays most kids are visiting campus before deciding on college.  The 14% that enroll are the kids who didn't visit the campus.  The 86% that did visit are all dead.  Nobody makes it out of downtown Milwaukee alive.

[MU82]

free R/B and single room. I only lasted one year because I was doing it "for the wrong reasons" and "abused my privileges."  Apparently, giving out "get out of a beer bust free" cards went against the rules of the job and weren't accepted by other RAs.   

Musta been a lot easier to be an RA back when the drinking age was 18 and Marquette put up signs near elevators at McCormick encouraging us to throw floor parties.

[Billy Hoyle]

Musta been a lot easier to be an RA back when the drinking age was 18 and Marquette put up signs near elevators at McCormick encouraging us to throw floor parties.

I'm sure it was. Hall Directors in the 90s were all about catching any drinking going on. My advice to underage residents who wanted to drink was "don't be stupid and keep it quiet." Some of my fellow RAs and I would slip in some brews and quietly have a few.

[GOO]

Thought this article might be of interest:

https://biztimes.com/marquette-university-president-kimo-ah-yun-vision-growth-affordability-research/

[muwarrior69]

Thought this article might be of interest:

https://biztimes.com/marquette-university-president-kimo-ah-yun-vision-growth-affordability-research/

A Two-year residency requirement for freshman and sophomores? Did I read that right. Locals can't live at home? Am I missing something?

[dgies9156]

Of course, MU needs to expand their geographic footprint. Any map-reading census analyst knows that!

Brother and Sister Scoopers have noted that 70 percent of MU's student population comes from Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Those that don't tend to come from Roman Catholic High Schools in Michigan, Ohio and the Northeast.

All of Marquette's traditional markets have seen population increases at or below the national average. The country has increased in population since 1970 from 200 million to 330 million. A disproportionate share of that growth has been in states like Tennessee, Florida, Texas, Arizona, the Carolinas, Georgia and California. These are not places where Marquette does well.

I grew up in Nashville and went to a Catholic High School there. I was one of two in my class of 227 that went to Marquette. Both of us had strong family ties to Wisconsin -- and, for that matter, to Marquette. That's the kind of place that Marquette will have to do much better if they intend to grow outside Wisconsin.

Marquette also is fighting a battle in that folks aren't as focused on organized religion as they used to be. Church attendance is down everywhere and with most denominations. That begs the question of why someone from the South, Southwest or West would spend the money to send their students far from home when, in many cases, each of the growth states have fine state and private universities.

Vanderbilt has recognized some of this trend and is building a new graduate school in West Palm Beach, FL. That amazes me because Vanderbilt's campus is beautiful and located in one of the nation's "it" cities. Yet, they're going to WPB because tha's where the people are!

I doubt a sunbelt campus is the right idea for Marquette but the administration has a huge challenge ahead of them!   

[cheebs09]

A Two-year residency requirement for freshman and sophomores? Did I read that right. Locals can't live at home? Am I missing something?

It's been that way since at least 2007. I think you can get a waiver if you live within 40 miles.