Increase enrollments. Create in-demand programs. Satisfy students. If that sounds like your to-do list, there’s one tool that can make it all easier—data. Don’t guess what students want, know it. With primary and secondary research from industry experts that understand the volatile marketplace, you can serve your students’ needs while minimizing program costs. Get the insight you need to find, enroll, support, and satisfy students in the rapidly changing world of higher education.
Gain actionable insights based on direct feedback from current and prospective students.
We focus our primary and secondary research on the need, motivations, activity and intentions of current, recent and prospective students. The result? Actionable insights that tell you what students are likely to do, not what they would like to do. We start with primary research first to capture the freshest and most relevant data for your decision making. Base your programs and offerings on the actual behavior of real students to increase inquiries and enrollments.
What do adult, post-traditional and graduate students demand of the institutions in which they enroll? We’ll conduct and analyze primary research that uncovers the demands and preferences of your prospective students. Gain the insights and data that helps schools increase enrollments by identifying effective programs, schedules, services, marketing and messaging.
Our expert analysts conduct market research based on publicly available data and proprietary methods to measure feasibility and demand for launching new programs and growing existing programs. We’ll uncover and analyze competing programs in the market and identify opportunities to capitalize on unmet demand. Get the roadmap you need, backed by data, to shape, position, and market in-demand programs.
Unlock the riddle that confounds institutions and impairs growth. Our experts will discover what stopped your prospective students from enrolling and caused existing students to leave before completing the program. Fine tune outreach, marketing, and cultivation techniques to increase yield and improve retention by better understanding what attracted people to an institution, why they did not enroll, or why they decided to “stop-out/drop-out”.
Gain insights and develop an action plan for structuring institutional and unit operations based on your market and organizational strengths. Our consultants survey and interview campus stakeholders, analyze your market and measure your current state and position in the market. Let us help you understand your current position, strengths, and opportunities, and develop a custom solution that is actionable and appropriate for your institution.
Led by Carol Aslanian, founder of Aslanian Market Research, our team of higher ed market research experts tracks the pulse of the market through primary and secondary research into national trends and industry changes. We have worked with over 300 schools from every region of the country and across the globe. Our team of highly-respected experts has authored landmark studies about adult learning, including Americans in Transition: Life Changes as Reasons for Adult Learning, and Adult Students Today. We also publish regular public reports like the annual Online College Students Report and 2020 & Beyond Student Survey and Report, our latest report on post-traditional college and graduate students.
