Thu, Oct 5th, 2023 - 6:48pm
April 24, 2023 - 11:22am | By Kyle Cornell
(St. Cloud, MN) -- St. Cloud State is cutting six major programs and eliminating nearly two dozen faculty members in an effort to address an 18-million dollar deficit.
University leaders say enrollment declines are the source of the school's struggles.
Enrollment has dropped from 18-thousand in 2011 to ten thousand last fall.
State officials say the decline in the birth rate is a driving factor behind enrollment declines.