"They're Duke and SMU is not"

[gostangs]

If you take the grad students out ( who are 100% local) then the remaining undergrads are about 50/50 in state/out of state.

[Pony^]

Main differences are that the Froggies are more Texan - whereas SMU is over 50% non Texas. Both mostly spoiled rich white kids

Where'd you see that SMU is over 50% non-Texan? It's held pretty steady at 85% over the past 5 years.

http://smu.edu/ir/Publications/Trends_2006/HEADCOUNTS_2006.pdf

Where are you getting 85% from?

For 2006 your chart shows 7552/10941 = 69%

New first year classes are less than 50% Texan, however, they take transfers in later years (more texans).

If you are using 8945 for total students in 2006, that is wrong. That number represents the number of students from the ten best represented states. That number does not include students from the other states or international students.

[perunapower]

Now that we have realized that I have reading comprehension issues, I see what you're saying. 85% is wrong.

I found a newer one. 62.4% Texan.

http://smu.edu/ir/Publications/Trends_2007/HEADCOUNTS.pdf

Hmm... I concede defeat on this one.

[FWMustangGirl]

Being from ft worth myself, i would take it another step and say TCU draws a great deal from the metroplex, especially Fort Worth and Arlington. At my high school, TCU was known as Grade 13, as close to 30% of each graduating class ended up there.

In addition to that, SMU students seem to move back to where they came moreso than at TCU, or move to different job markets altogether after graduation. A majority of people i know that went to TCU still live in Ft Worth (or at least the metroplex) and will/would never move.

I think a combination of these 2 factors help explain TCU's greater fan base and community involvement/support in the last 10 years or so.

Froggie High was what my brother called it. I never had any desire to go there for the exact reason you stated above. It was an extension of high school. And yeah, the alums tend to stay in Fort Worth. But TCU seems to draw the non-alums too. I wish SMU could figure out how to do it.