How Much Application Growth Is Needed to Fuel Enrollment Growth?

What application growth is needed to meet goals

3E’s analysis of IPEDS data offers benchmarks for aligning application goals and recruitment plans with enrollment growth. If your institution wants to grow its entering class by 10%, how much should applications grow to support that goal? Is 10% enough? Should you plan for 20%? And what happens if a smaller share of applicants ultimately […]

3E Celebrates Adobe’s Recognition as a Leader in Personalization

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REXFORD, NY, UNITED STATES, 3 Enrollment Marketing (3E) celebrates technology partner Adobe’s recognition as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Personalization Engines. Adobe’s personalization and engagement technologies help power 3E’s Enrollment Engine, which connects market strategy, institutional differentiation, and modern marketing to move students from awareness through enrollment. 3E solutions incorporate several […]

Graduate Enrollment Doesn’t Have a Marketing Problem. It Has a Strategy Problem.

3E Graduate Growth Playbook

Graduate Enrollment Doesn’t Have a Marketing Problem. It Has a Strategy Problem. REXFORD, N.Y., August 11, 2026 — For years, colleges and universities have responded to graduate enrollment challenges by increasing marketing investments, launching new campaigns, or adding programs. But in today’s market, those tactics are no longer enough. As graduate enrollment stagnates, graduate-level enrollment […]

Common App First-Year Application Trends 2024-25: End of Season Report

Presidents Brief Intelligence to Inform Your Institutional Strategy FOCUS: Common App First-Year Application Trends 2024-25: End of Season Report The newly released Common App First-Year Application Trends 2024-25: End of Season Report offers important insights into student applicant behavior and enrollment shifts. Here are five takeaways to inform your institutional enrollment strategy. 3 Enrollment Marketing, […]

IPEDS Admissions Data at Your Fingertips

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  May 6, 2025   3E is thrilled to announce the launch of its cutting-edge new SaaS solution, 3E IPEDS Insights, designed to provide all enrollment leaders with transparent, actionable benchmarking data and insights at no cost. 3E IPEDS Insights enables colleges and universities to gain a comprehensive understanding of the market and their position, […]

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