PASSHE Institutions Merging

[IUPNation]

Waynesburg University is on accreditation warning for failing to adequately track student success, which is usually student returns and completion. The article I read says they're not in operational or financial trouble, but most in SWPA know that Waynesburg came out of nowhere investing heavily in marketing and grad programs. I'm not sure if they've seen much ROI. Waynesburg is a small ~1,200 student private Christian school in Greene County, the very bottom left corner of the state.

Never heard of it…

[debergfan]

Same general area Wheeling is basically in the coffin. It's just not nailed shut yet. The MEC will lose them next.

I can't believe Wheeling is still open.

[Bart]

Never heard of it…

They had a state prison in Waynesburg until 2003, but I think someone else bought the place.

[Fightingscot82]

They had a state prison in Waynesburg until 2003, but I think someone else bought the place.

If I am thinking of the same place, the state was going to sell it to a private prison company but things went south and now its a chemical plant or something like that.

Waynesburg is the county seat, so that comes with some natural size for the town. But the college doubled down on a restricting the student experience about 20 years ago and things haven't gone well. They banned fraternities & sororities and started enforcing the code of conduct off campus. Nothing huge but it made students afraid to do college student things off campus and that stifles students enjoying their time there. Its the upside of having a reputation as a "fun" school.

Academically they aren't any different from any other private school in SWPA. A friend used to call all these schools below Duquesne on the academic hierarchy "Point CarLoche".

[Fightingscot82]

I can't believe Wheeling is still open.

By the skin of their teeth. Another school without anything notable academically speaking. Plus the region has an overabundance of Catholic schools not named Duquesne.

[Tdobson]

Here’s a question: how does wheeling have a football team? They just added it a few years back, but sometime after that the jesuits pulled out.

[BlueBlood]

Here’s a question: how does wheeling have a football team? They just added it a few years back, but sometime after that the jesuits pulled out.

Because they need the students. Wheeling has 527 full time students. 127 are football players.

Edit: 465 of their 527 students are athletes. How many of the other 62 are Profs/Staffs kids? I don't see how this is sustainable.

[BlueBlood]

Wheeling University OPE ID: 00383100

Location: 316 Washington Ave Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-2000

Number of Full-time Undergraduates: 527

Men: 332

Women: 195

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BTW - when is the last time you saw a M/F ratio like that?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Because they need the students. Wheeling has 527 full time students. 127 are football players.

Edit: 465 of their 527 students are athletes. How many of the other 62 are Profs/Staffs kids? I don't see how this is sustainable.

It's Urbana and (fake) Notre Dame 3.0

It's not

[IUPNation]

Here’s a question: how does wheeling have a football team? They just added it a few years back, but sometime after that the jesuits pulled out.

The Jesuits pulled out.

Thsts literally a fast ball right over the plate…,

[IUPNation]

Because they need the students. Wheeling has 527 full time students. 127 are football players.

Edit: 465 of their 527 students are athletes. How many of the other 62 are Profs/Staffs kids? I don't see how this is sustainable.

That school is closing.

Frostburg must have its application filled out.

[Fightingscot82]

Here’s a question: how does wheeling have a football team? They just added it a few years back, but sometime after that the jesuits pulled out.

100-125 students paying tuition who would otherwise be paying another school tuition if not for Wheeling football. Football players notoriously require little academic aid, so even a 50% scholarship isn't far from the average non-athlete student. And that's before every one of them pays for housing, food, etc. Not sure if Wheeling requires students to live on campus all four years like many private schools.

[Fightingscot82]

Wheeling University OPE ID: 00383100

Location: 316 Washington Ave Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: (304) 243-2000

Number of Full-time Undergraduates: 527

Men: 332

Women: 195

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BTW - when is the last time you saw a M/F ratio like that?

Its pretty rare anymore. Robert Morris University is about 60/40 men in a world where most colleges are 55/45 to 60/40 women.

[Fightingscot82]

State budget signed late last night. I can't find it for certain, but reports sound like PASSHE ended up getting the money to keep tuition frozen for the 6th straight year. $7,500 a year plus fees is an incredible bargain. The local Catholic elementary school is $7,200.

[Ship69]

Never heard of it…

I'm sort of surprised you want to a Western Pa. school and hadn't heard of Waynesburg. They have shrunk, like many small Pa. colleges now, but some years back were a serious power in small-college football and wrestling. One of my close friends is a Waynesburg graduate.