Admissions and enrollment management software helps school administrators run the entire student admissions and enrollment process, from processing applications to handling application-related fee payment. Schools use admissions and enrollment management software to manage the entire admissions process and take students from prospects to tuition-paying members of the school.
Admissions and enrollment management software also provides marketing tools designed specifically for schools to attract and communicate with prospective students, mirroring the capabilities of CRM software. These solutions often contain prospecting, marketing outreach, online forms creation, application processing, payment processing, tour scheduling, and interview scheduling functionality. Certain solutions also contain analytics, event scheduling, and data integration tools.
Admissions and enrollment management software integrates with student information systems or school resource management software
to streamline the sharing of student data gathered during the admissions process with the tools used during their tenure at the school.
To qualify for inclusion in the Admissions and Enrollment Management category, a product must:
- Be designed specifically for schools’ admissions use
- Contain student application processing functionality
- Contain email marketing, scheduling, and real-time application progress tracking tools
- Accept and process application-related fees
