(01-10-2017 05:06 PM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 03:42 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(01-09-2017 04:04 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  

(01-09-2017 03:36 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(01-09-2017 02:56 PM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  GS tuition appears to be lower than AASU as well. This would be a nice factor for AASU students if their future tuition will be lower.

Lots of great news this week for Georgia Southern.

Tuition for 2017 is higher for GS so are fees. Not a huge difference though, nothing to get bent out of shape about for sure.

Still getting a lot of push back from Armstrong students. That's to be expected though.

I saw a picture of a protest that had ten people....not sure most reallllly care.

There were dozens! I was going to post the article here, but I didn't want to embarrass those quoted. In fact, after reading said quotes I'm not convinced we should go through with this.

Considering GS is Armstrong students' number one choice to transfer to, I think most Armstrong students are glad we're coming to them instead.

Approved this morning, not that there was much doubt.

http://savannahnow.com/news/2017-01-11/b...a-southern

Each school's enrollment:

Georgia State University ~53,000
Texas State University 36,790
University of Texas at Arlington 34,249
Georgia Southern University ~27,000
Troy University 19,579
Appalachian State University 19,089
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 17,508
University of South Alabama 16,462
Arkansas State University 14,074
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 13,176
Coastal Carolina University 10,263
University of Louisiana at Monroe 8,854

*Some of theses numbers may be off, I pulled them from Wikipedia

(01-11-2017 11:03 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  Each school's enrollment:

Georgia State University ~53,000
Texas State University 36,790
University of Texas at Arlington 34,249
Georgia Southern University ~27,000
Troy University 19,579
Appalachian State University 19,089
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 17,508
University of South Alabama 16,462
Arkansas State University 14,074
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 13,176
Coastal Carolina University 10,263
University of Louisiana at Monroe 8,854

*Some of theses numbers may be off, I pulled them from Wikipedia

When you cross over 25K for a four year+ public you are getting to be one of the larger schools in the country. We will be bigger than Auburn and about the same size as Oklahoma for perspective. Really this will pay off later down the road with the much larger alumni base we are severely lacking in now. Our alumni base is low compared to most similar peer institutions and nothing like the much older large universities. Cross over to the 30,000 plus range and you are top 10%+/- of four year+ public. Then it is a matter of perspective as this is close by but not the main campus. Technically University of Phoenix has the largest enrollment but we all know what that is about.

and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

I'll believe it when I see it

(01-11-2017 09:16 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

I'll believe it when I see it

+1

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(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

Youre doubling in size? By when? 2067?

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

?????

(01-11-2017 10:08 PM)TheEagleWay Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

?????

It's been stated by the USG that they are planning that the student population of the Savannah campus will double to 14k. Meanwhile the south campus expansion in Statesboro will take place which is suppose to attract 10k more students to Statesboro. 21k students already attend Ga Southern. 21k + 14k + 10k = 45k

I've seen some pretty official numbers and they are telling me ~22,500/7,500 by 2025. Of course those projections were put together pre-consolidation, and different plans could always come up that change things. But those are USG projections from 2016.

One aspect that should be huge for the new school is out of state enrollment. Armstrong hasn't put a strong effort into attracting out of state students. Coastal schools from Florida to NC (including Coastal Carolina) attract a ton of out of state students from the mid-atlantic and northeast - no reason why GS can't leverage the coast and/or Savannah to attract more out of state students.

(01-11-2017 10:18 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 10:08 PM)TheEagleWay Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

?????

It's been stated by the USG that they are planning that the student population of the Savannah campus will double to 14k. Meanwhile the south campus expansion in Statesboro will take place which is suppose to attract 10k more students to Statesboro. 21k students already attend Ga Southern. 21k + 14k + 10k = 45k

That will be insane, that on paper is feasible but being off by 5K and you are talking about still being one of the biggest four year public universities in the country. Thinking its a little bold... or really blowing my mind from when I was at GS, I believe my freshman year we were around 15K, seems like yesterday.

(01-12-2017 12:03 PM)JCGSU Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 10:18 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 10:08 PM)TheEagleWay Wrote:  

(01-11-2017 08:44 PM)NCeagle Wrote:  and if some of the growth numbers for the next 10 years come to fruition, Southern will have an enrollment approaching the 50k mark.

?????

It's been stated by the USG that they are planning that the student population of the Savannah campus will double to 14k. Meanwhile the south campus expansion in Statesboro will take place which is suppose to attract 10k more students to Statesboro. 21k students already attend Ga Southern. 21k + 14k + 10k = 45k

That will be insane, that on paper is feasible but being off by 5K and you are talking about still being one of the biggest four year public universities in the country. Thinking its a little bold... or really blowing my mind from when I was at GS, I believe my freshman year we were around 15K, seems like yesterday.

Honestly, if this merger puts Georgia Southern over 30,000 by 2020, that will be very impressive and a huge foot print along the coastal border.

No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

(01-12-2017 03:22 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

I think this merger is going to put the south campus project on hold for a while especially if programs move between colleges and new programs are added to the Savannah and Statesboro campuses to take up any unused buildings. If any campus is going to expand, it'll be the Savannah one.

(01-12-2017 08:29 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 03:22 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

I think this merger is going to put the south campus project on hold for a while especially if programs move between colleges and new programs are added to the Savannah and Statesboro campuses to take up any unused buildings. If any campus is going to expand, it'll be the Savannah one.

I agree. Savannah campus growth with the Georgia Southern name will bring it to great heights!

(01-13-2017 08:43 AM)NewJersey GATA Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 08:29 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 03:22 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

I think this merger is going to put the south campus project on hold for a while especially if programs move between colleges and new programs are added to the Savannah and Statesboro campuses to take up any unused buildings. If any campus is going to expand, it'll be the Savannah one.

I agree. Savannah campus growth with the Georgia Southern name will bring it to great heights!

My how times have changed. Couple of years ago we're concerned about state funding projects. The Savannah campus is an extremely attractive investment from the states point of view. Academic construction in the Boro may slow but based on current funded projects not any time soon and with a 35% increase in enrollment over night the common projects such as administrative infrastructure and seating for events such as graduation may move up the list of priorities in the Boro.

(01-12-2017 03:22 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

That's a lot of dorms / buildings for just 2K.

(01-12-2017 08:29 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(01-12-2017 03:22 PM)TrueBlueAlum Wrote:  No way the south campus expansion draws another 10k students to Statesboro, 2K maybe...

I think this merger is going to put the south campus project on hold for a while especially if programs move between colleges and new programs are added to the Savannah and Statesboro campuses to take up any unused buildings. If any campus is going to expand, it'll be the Savannah one.

I dont think one has anything to do with the other but it could. Depends exactly what the Sav campus is going to be used for. If it is for masters and mainly non traditional students then I think the South campus is not delayed at all.