Amid declining enrollment, many institutions look to out-of-state markets for a boost. Often, they assume that successful out-of-state recruitment hinges on choosing markets with a large and growing high-school demographic like Texas, California, or Florida. But in...
The student loan news wheel is turning fast! The U.S. Department of Education recently announced changes to their loan forgiveness program following news that Navient will stop servicing federal student loans amid increasing government and consumer scrutiny. This...
How do prospective students learn about your institution? According to Eduventures’ research, nearly all college-bound high school students have explored a school’s website. And half of adult prospects interested in pursuing a master’s degree said they would use a...
Last year, just as many colleges across the country were announcing remote fall schedules, we unveiled Eduventures Search Strategies—five distinct approaches that college-bound high school students take when approaching college search. This year, remote vs. on-campus...
One-third of first-year college students we surveyed in the spring of 2021 told us their college choice had been affected by the pandemic. The question is, as vaccination rates inch up and we learn to live with COVID, will we see a great transfer student migration...
Finding the right mix of message, tone, and channel to catch the attention of college-bound high school students is hard work. Students in our Student Sentiment Research report receive an abundance of institutional outreach, and it’s difficult to make a lasting...
