Eliminates all athletics, six departments and nearly 20 majors due to sharp decline in enrollment: Facing Huge Deficit, Sonoma State University Makes Massive Cuts, Ends Athletics
She attributed the deficit to “a variety of factors — cost of personnel, annual price increases for supplies and utilities, inflation — but the main reason is enrollment.” Sonoma State has seen its enrollment drop 38% since reaching a high in 2015.
San Francisco State U facing similar problems: SFSU administrators worry as Sonoma State University cuts departments, programs – Golden Gate Xpress
While both SSU and SFSU have seen significant drops in enrollment since 2015, SFSU’s decline — from 30,256 in Fall 2015 to 22,357 in Fall 2024 — approximately 26%, is less severe than SSU’s decline of 38%.
If only someone could have seen this coming …
