Student Retention and Student Recruiting Vendors

Looking for the top-rated providers to help maximize student retention or student recruiting for your school? This list of vetted partners can help drive return on investment by maximizing your student enrollment.

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Student retention solutions can significantly impact higher education by addressing key factors like academic support, financial aid, and a sense of belonging. Implementing early interventions and personalized support programs helps institutions reduce dropout rates and increase graduation rates. For instance, retention programs targeting at-risk students improve both student satisfaction and institutional revenue through sustained enrollment as identified in this study by Hanover Research.

CampusESP for Student Enrollment
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CampusESP for Student Enrollment
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The #1 CRM extension to turn parent involvement into enrollment results trusted by over 450 colleges and 7 million parents every year.
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https://www.campusesp.com/
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Engage parents with AI-powered personalized content.
Reach families across personalized emails, text messages, and a portal experience, with automated newsletters keeping your families regularly informed and engaged. Most colleges spend less than an hour per week managing CampusESP.

Nudge student behavior.
Tailor parent outreach based on student funnel stage, FAFSA completion, and other attributes. Admission Dashboards offer your families insight into student checklists, helping keep their students on track. Students with a parent using CampusESP have on average 7% higher yield rates.

Improve enrollment modeling.
CampusESP’s Parent Promoter Score™ identifies which families are most interested in your institution, helping you forecast which students are likely to enroll. Students with a parent in the top quartile of engagement are 3x more likely to enroll.
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Higher Education
Connected Core
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Collegis Education’s Connected Core
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Turn Disconnected Campus Systems Into Actionable Insights To Drive Measurable Outcomes Across the Entire Student Lifecycle
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https://collegiseducation.com/connected-core/services/
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Colleges and universities today face mounting pressure to deliver results amid siloed data, outdated systems, and rising student expectations. Collegis Education’s Connected Core®, a data-enabled ecosystem powered by Google Cloud, is transforming how institutions manage marketing, enrollment, retention, and IT—unlocking measurable results across the student lifecycle.

Unlike traditional edtech platforms, Connected Core® integrates fragmented systems into a unified, cloud-based infrastructure that provides real-time insights, personalized engagement strategies, and operational agility. Institutions retain full data ownership—eliminating reliance on proprietary systems while enabling AI-powered innovation at scale.

“The level of data mastery and internal talent at Collegis is some of the best-in-class we’ve seen in the edtech market,” says Brad Hoffman, Director of State & Local Government and Higher Education, Google Public Sector. “Combined with Google Cloud’s AI innovation, this partnership enables transformation not only at the institutional level, but across higher education.”

Connected Core® improves institutional performance with proven results including a 48% increase in first-year undergraduate applications, 66% increase in admit-to-enroll rate, 274% increase in conversion, 20% reduction in overall media spend.

Siloed data creates blind spots. Connected Core® eliminates them—connecting upstream investments to downstream outcomes, unifying CRMs, SIS, LMS, and ad platforms, and enabling scalable AI adoption without operational disruption. It’s not SaaS. Not a platform. No black boxes. Institutions own the data and the infrastructure.

“Collegis’ data platform has unlocked the full potential of our marketing and enrollment data,” says Shelley Yehl, Director of University Marketing Intelligence at Rochester Institute of Technology. “It’s helping us make strategic decisions institution-wide.”

By unifying technology, data, and expertise, Connected Core® gives institutions a modernize data infrastructure for AI readiness that equips growth and adaption to thrive.
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Higher Education
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ConexED
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ConexED is a full-service suite of student experience solutions. Explore our suite of integrated solutions, designed to increase student engagement, communication, scheduling, data analysis, and virtual interactions in your educational institution.
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Higher Education
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CustomViewbook
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Personalized Viewbooks That Actually Convert
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Higher Education
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Element451
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Element451
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AI Agent Platform for Higher Ed
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https://www.element451.com
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Element451 stands apart as the AI Agent Platform for Higher Ed, creating a true AI workforce designed to amplify human teams. Instead of replacing staff, Element451’s AI Agents act as intelligent partners—working 24/7 to handle routine tasks, answer student questions, and deliver personalized outreach at scale.

Key differentiators include:

AI Workforce for Enrollment & Success: Purpose-built AI Agents that extend the capacity of admissions, marketing, and student support teams.

Personalized Student Engagement: Agents deliver individualized communication across channels, ensuring students feel seen and supported.

Smarter Operations: By automating repetitive tasks like scheduling, FAQs, and application nudges, AI Agents free staff to focus on building meaningful relationships.

Predictive Insights: Agents analyze student data in real time, surfacing trends and alerts that drive better decisions and stronger outcomes.

With Element451, institutions gain a dynamic AI workforce that scales human connection and transforms the student journey.
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Higher Education
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EnrollWise™
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EnrollWise™
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Policy-responsive® enrollment for modern school districts. Streamline K-12 enrollment with software that simplifies admissions, supports evolving district policies, and delivers a user-friendly experience for families and staff.
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https://www.enrollwise.ly/
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Mentor Collective
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Mentor Collective
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Increase sense of belonging and student retention by activating your most important asset— your students.
Pathify
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Pathify
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Higher ed’s leading digital engagement platform.

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https://www.pathify.com
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Pathify’s vendor-agnostic approach means institutions aren’t locked into specific technology stacks — a game-changer for schools with diverse tech environments.

Pathify delivers 130+ standard integrations, connecting systems like the SIS, LMS, calendars, student ID systems, groups and more into one unified, hyperpersonalized experience.

As the preferred student portal choice over homegrown or SIS-packaged platforms, Pathify offers a solution to years of disconnected digital experiences and frustrations with clunky campus technology.
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Higher Education
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