I’m interested in hearing from students/parents about the MT program. We haven’t been able to do a campus visit yet and from my research I feel like I’m getting conflicting information on the quality of program. Some of the articles I have seen mention past financial trouble. Anyone aware of the current financial state and if/how it is affecting the quality of the program?
Thanks 
There is a thread on this school: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/1904352-school-question-liu-post.html#latest
Hello! I’m currently an MT student at LIU Post. If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a private message! I’d be happy to answer any question that you may have!
Thank you, @stagedoormama !
@liupostmtstudent I’d like info please. My D was recently accepted. Thank you!
I know the the Brooklyn campus of LIU is in turmoil–president sold a dorm to NYU, firing a tenured professor, administrative bloat, lack of offerings so students can complete majors, suspending of financial aid. I don’t know how this affects Post campus.
@deendion As someone who lives on Long Island, I know that they are attempting to tighten their belt and re-organize in order to stop draining money. I know their financial ratings are low, but perhaps on a slight upswing with new leadership.
Personally, the situation would scare me, because even if they are more financially viable, I would wonder how cost-cutting effects the education and services your child would be getting. And if cost cutting doesn’t work, the university could close–as recently happened with Dowling College on Long Island.
@uskoolfish – Curious if there has been any “buzz” since NY announced free state college tuition?
I haven’t seen anything directly published, but I can’t help but think that this is not a good omen for small private colleges that rely on local students and are financially unstable to begin with.
I wrote this on another post:
Personally I think the colleges that are going to be effected the most are those that don’t offer the prestige factor, very high academics or a truly unique program.
I think it is going to be harder than ever to get into certain SUNY locations–particularly the larger universities that offer so many options. I think many more students will chose to go to a SUNY rather than out of state, state universities. It will help many of the SUNY colleges since they will get the overflow of students who don’t make the higher standards of the universities.
I think it will make some private schools like Ithaca, Skidmore, Syracuse or even Rochester a harder sell among NY State residents, but since those schools draw from a national pool and have some really prestigious departments, they will probably do ok. Plus most of those schools are in good financial shape.
I think “prestigious” schools like Cornell, Columbia and NYU will be fine since they rely on their academics, name recognition and many out of state applicants.
I do think it will effect the numbers for less prestigious private schools that still rely on local students. I can see many more students on Long Island choosing to attend Stony Brook University or Queens College for free–if they have the grades–rather than pay for Hofstra or LIU. And students without the grades will probably attend smaller local colleges like SUNY Westbury or Farmingdale for free–or Nassau Community College. And since there will be higher demand, the quality of the students will go up, making those schools even more appealing.
@uskoolfish agreed. I grew up in a SUNY town, and graduated from a different SUNY. I think that this is a great thing for the SUNY system-applications and enrollment up; and average test scores and GPAs, I expect, will also trend up-especially among the Universities-Binghamton, Albany, Stony Brook, Buffalo. I worry about the private LAs, and there are so many: Siena, Hartwick, LeMoyne, St Lawrence, Nazareth, etc.