Who is UVM for? Looking at a shrinking share of in-state students and the University’s wider role.

At the University of Vermont, the share of in-state students is dwindling, and it’s raising questions about the role and mission of the state’s flagship public university.<br />VTDigger education reporter Peter D’Auria — with the help of data reporter Erin Petenko —  has been looking at the enrollment statistics over time, as well as how they compare with those of other large public universities across the country.<br />Here’s the short version: Peter writes: “over the past two decades, the number of undergraduate Vermonters at UVM has decreased by about 300. Meanwhile, the university’s student body has added roughly 3,800 out-of-state students.”<br />That means less than a quarter of the school’s undergrads are Vermonters, as of spring 2023. That rate is near the bottom of the list of every large public university in the U.S.<br />Host Sam Gale Rosen talked to Peter about what we should take from these numbers.