<p>I wouldn’t close either Ferris or CMU. Ferris has some decent career based programs and a pharmacy and optometry school. As for Central, it has a decent sized alumni base and some decent programs. The problem with those two schools is that they don’t have a large local base of high school students. They’re both pretty much in the middle of rural Michigan.</p>
<p>Grand Valley’s growth has eroded the enrollment of WMU the most. A lot more Grand Rapids area kids used to go to WMU and now they have enrolled at Grand Valley at a higher number. Also, WMU will probably lose some of their out of state students (most from Chicagoland) to Grand Valley in the future.</p>