Top Higher Ed Marketing Agencies
Looking for a higher education marketing agency or higher ed digital marketing agency? We compiled a list of the top marketing companies that focus on education exclusively. Each entry below contains a link to the company website, company location, and company website content describing what they do and how they describe their services.
Criteria
Each of the firms listed below focus exclusively on education clients and feature digital marketing as a core service. If we missed any qualified agencies or contractors, you can recommend them here.
Archer • CA
What they offer: Lead generation, education technology, recruitment management, branding & storytelling.
What they say: “Archer Education is an innovative education technology company driven by an unyielding belief in the transformative power of learning.”
Carnegie Dartlet • MA
What they offer: Integrated research, reputation strategy, signature creative, digital marketing, lead generation, team dynamics.
What they say: “Our core philosophy fuses the principles of human psychology with marketing communications innovation, connecting individuals, teams, stakeholders, and organizations to address your challenges and advance your goals. Our mission is rooted in advancing The Science of Human Connection, always pressing forward to drive transformation.”
Echo Delta • FL
What they offer: Creative campaigns, content development, media, brand, marketing automation, search & social marketing, web design & development, integrated marketing strategy.
What they say: “Echo Delta is a full-service digital marketing agency that specializes in helping universities and colleges get more students online. The agency transforms how these institutions of higher learning perform their marketing.”
Education Dynamics • NJ
What they offer: Inquiry generation, enrollment management services.
What they say: “As the trusted partner to more than 900 higher educational institutions and with over a decade of outstanding service, we have earned our reputation for providing the resources and expertise required to meet today’s recruitment challenges.”
Kor • MA
What they offer: Branded and integrated communications strategies, capital campaigns.
What they say: “We work with organizations to define, position, express, and orchestrate their brands. Our work encompasses graphic identities, print communications, websites, integrated marketing, and digital programs. We design advertising, experiences, and events. We tackle big and small projects with enthusiasm and ingenuity.”
Little Foxes Marketing • PA
What they offer: Search engine optimization, search engine marketing, social media marketing, consulting. Learn more about these services.
What they say: “We combine extensive higher education experience with the best digital marketing practices to provide bespoke solutions for our education clients.” Learn more about this higher ed marketing agency.
Paskill Stapleton & Lord • PA
What they offer: Market research, digital and traditional advertising, staff development and training, website solutions, brand strategy and creative, video and motion content.
What they say: “Our capacity and strategies to optimize enrollment outcomes are full throttle, next-level. Each year, we are on dozens of campuses across the country supporting enrollment marketing goals for institutions of all sizes and situations. No matter the campus, no matter the challenge you can expect this PS&L guarantee: after we visit your campus, you will welcome us back.”
Refuel Agency • PA
What they offer: SEO, SEM, social media profile matching, mobile device monitoring, programmatic display.
What they say: “We have over 30 years’ experience marketing to college, university and higher education audiences. This is one of many reasons why our data driven campaigns are more successful and better across the board, promising consistent performance and higher return.”
Ruffalo Noel Levitz • IA
What they offer: Student search, CRM solutions, virtual experience, digital marketing, personalized video, international, predictive modeling.
What they say: “For nearly 50 years, colleges and nonprofit organizations have turned to Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) to enroll the students they want, help more students graduate and succeed, and build lifelong relationships with donors. Our mission is to make colleges, universities, and nonprofits successful and vibrant with inspired and relevant engagement with our team of experts.”
Simpson Scarborough • VA
What they offer: Research and analytics, strategy, creative, digital, media and marketing.
What they say: “The lives and the stories that unite and inspire us as humans are at the absolute center of who we are and how we work. We want to make things better.”
Up & Up • SC
What they offer: Brand platforms, creative communications, marketing campaigns, digital experiences.
What they say: “Our higher education brands, marketing strategies, design, and technology work together to help them recruit more of the right students, engage their alumni, and encourage greater giving to ensure life-changing education continues for years to come.”