It matters to some degree but is it's not the main determining factor in my opinion. College enrollment has been down nationally the past several years and the colleges that are feeling the squeeze the most are enrollment driven private colleges. Unless you're an elite liberal arts college with a fair sized endowment that can get by on the strength of their academics alone (think Centennial, NESCAC, W&L, etc...) it's tough out there for a lot of schools, including those that you mentioned.richard wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:19 am BigMad- How big of an influence do you think the US News college rankings are when it comes to recruiting? WAC, OWU, and now Roanoke seem to be on a downward spiral. These are good schools that the rankings do a disservice to. The kids probably don't care as much as the parents but it still creates an issue for recruiting to those schools. There are plenty of schools that have had to deal with it , McDaniel, Randolph Macon, and many others come to mind. It's just another hump to get over and it is more perception than reality.
