Enrollment

[WeRise225]

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/education/2025/09/11/university-of-akron-sees-higher-undergraduate-graduate-enrollment/86093682007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z112727p000050c000050e009300v112727b0054xxd005465&gca-ft=39&gca-ds=sophi

 

This is promising, would love that number to keep creeping up closer to 20k

[ZippyRulz]

From UA website:

 

https://www.uakron.edu/im/news/the-university-of-akron-says-yes-to-growth?fbclid=IwdGRzaAM-VcJjbGNrAz5Vk2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeIx0pkkTUKaPs5Nc8duV6b_bkjex5lBbKCUp9UOjKywK7ZAGyJ6ZvXAmgkwA_aem_6aR8uNsYWSU-JybqVcIkyA

Edited September 22 by ZippyRulz

[GP1]

7 hours ago, ZippyRulz said:

From UA website:

 

https://www.uakron.edu/im/news/the-university-of-akron-says-yes-to-growth?fbclid=IwdGRzaAM-VcJjbGNrAz5Vk2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeIx0pkkTUKaPs5Nc8duV6b_bkjex5lBbKCUp9UOjKywK7ZAGyJ6ZvXAmgkwA_aem_6aR8uNsYWSU-JybqVcIkyA

Great news. Thanks for posting. 

[GP1]

Here is an interesting article on what happens to college towns when enrollment declines. 

https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/what-happens-to-college-towns-after

 

I guess for Akron it isn't impactful because Akron isn't a college town. The area around UofA is sort of like a small town, but the businesses seem to have right sized.