ChooseFI · Monday, November 2, 2026
Brian Eufinger highlights that small private and rural colleges have been closing or merging at a clip of roughly one per week over the past year or two. He recommends that families conduct financial due diligence using publications like Forbes to ensure a target college remains solvent.
“Colleges have been closing at a clip of one per week. for the past year or two, either closure or merger, or they call it a merger, but it's really just like we bought you for parts, like essentially closure.”