Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Name

Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Legal name

Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants

Website

https://aigac.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDADACAB

National/Institutional Accreditors (Career, Faith-Based, Distance, etc.)

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

SECONDARYEDADACAJ

Accreditation Standards, Benchmarking & Framework Organizations

Education/Education Administration, Accreditation & Policy/Accreditation Bodies (Institutional & Programmatic)

Keywords

• Graduate admissions consulting
• MBA admissions advising
• Professional membership association
• Graduate school consulting
• Admissions consulting network

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: AIGAC generates revenue through annual membership dues from individual consultants and consulting organizations. Membership tiers include Large Organization ($1,700), Medium Organization ($845), Small Organization ($445), and Affiliate Member ($375). The subscription period runs from April 1 to March 31 each year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

AIGAC is a not-for-profit professional membership association that vets, credentializes, and supports international graduate admissions consultants. The organization delivers tiered annual memberships, an Annual Conference hosted at business schools, a Summer with the Schools webinar series, a searchable membership directory, the AIGAC Stamp of Excellence credential, and resources such as multilingual LOR guidance and test prep information. It connects members with 50+ leading business schools and operates as the global professional body for the graduate admissions consulting industry.

Product overview

The Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) is a professional membership organization founded in 2006, not a product company with a unified platform or modules. AIGAC provides a suite of services to its members and prospective graduate school applicants, centered on its annual conference, the Summer with the Schools webinar series, and a searchable membership directory of vetted consultants. Additional services include the Stamp of Excellence credential, member advice resources, multilingual LOR guidance, test prep information, and professional development programming through AIGAC TALKS. The organization operates through a Wild Apricot platform for member-only resources and does not offer a traditional software product, API, or technical integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIGAC Membership Annual tiered membership for vetted graduate admissions consultants and consulting organizations, providing credentialing via the AIGAC Stamp of Excellence, member-only resources, ethical oversight, and access to a global peer network across 14 countries.
• AIGAC Annual Conference Premier members-only annual event featuring workshops, business school visits, networking, and discussions on admissions trends with business school admissions directors; separately ticketed with registration fees ranging from $699 (early bird) to $999 (regular).
• Summer with the Schools Webinar Series Annual webinar series running June through mid-August that showcases business schools one at a time, giving members exclusive access to admissions directors and program-level insights; recorded sessions are archived in the resource library covering 50+ schools.

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• GMAC (Graduate Management Admission Council)flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026GMAC is a Gold Sponsor of AIGAC. As the owner of the GMAT exam, GMAC provides strategic and financial support to AIGAC, helping connect graduate admissions consultants with the latest information on business school entrance requirements and test preparation standards.
• GMAT ClubcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGMAT Club is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC. They provide test preparation resources and forum community for MBA applicants, complementing AIGAC member services.
• Menlo CoachingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMenlo Coaching is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC and a member of the organization offering MBA admissions consulting and GMAT/GRE tutoring services.
• AchievablecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAchievable is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC, providing GMAT and GRE test preparation services through their online platform.
• Semantic MatchminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSemantic Match is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC, providing services to the MBA admissions community.
• Advent GroupminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdvent Group is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC, offering MBA admissions consulting services.
• Reaching Out MBAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerReaching Out MBA is a Bronze Sponsor of AIGAC, focusing on LGBTQ+ representation in MBA programs.
• Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMLT is partnering with AIGAC for the first time in 2026 to participate in Summer with the Schools sessions. MLT is a non-profit organization supporting underrepresented professionals in business education.
• Consortium for Graduate Study in ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Consortium is participating in AIGAC's Summer with the Schools sessions for the first time in 2026, providing visibility into their MBA fellowship program for diverse candidates.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Educational Testing Service (ETS): ETS administers the GRE and TOEFL, both of which AIGAC references in its test-prep resources. ETS is a broad incumbent in graduate admissions testing and adjacent to AIGAC's consultant-facing value proposition.
• College Board: College Board is a large, established education organization that, like AIGAC, serves the college admissions ecosystem. While its focus is undergraduate (SAT, AP) and it is a much broader incumbent, it operates adjacent admissions infrastructure with overlapping audiences.
• Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC): GMAC owns the GMAT exam and is the central authority for graduate management education globally. It is AIGAC's flagship Gold Sponsor and operates in the same graduate business school admissions space, but with a much broader institutional and testing mandate.

Direct peers

• Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA): IECA is the leading professional membership association for educational consultants, focused on the undergraduate admissions market. It is structurally identical to AIGAC (vetting, ethics, conferences, credential) but for a different applicant segment, making it the closest analog in form and function.
• Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA): HECA is a membership association for independent educational consultants serving undergraduate and graduate applicants. Like AIGAC, it provides vetting, ethics standards, and professional development, and overlaps with AIGAC's graduate-focused member base.
• Association of Higher Education Consultants (AHEC): AHEC is a professional association for educational consultants, sharing AIGAC's core functions of credentialing, ethics enforcement, and member professional development in the admissions consulting space.
• National Association for Graduate Admission Professionals (NAGAP): NAGAP serves graduate admissions professionals on the institutional side (university admissions officers), complementing AIGAC's consultant-side membership. It is a peer organization operating in the same graduate admissions ecosystem with overlapping conference and standards activities.

Others

• NAFSA: Association of International Educators: NAFSA is a large professional association in international education, including international student advising. It is thematically adjacent to AIGAC's international-graduate focus but serves a different professional constituency (international student advisors rather than admissions consultants).

Emerging players

• Going Merry: Going Merry is an online scholarship and admissions platform with guidance components. As an emerging player in the digital admissions support space, it competes for the same end-applicant audience that AIGAC's member consultants serve.
• CollegeVine: CollegeVine is an admissions consulting and college application platform with online tools and on-demand consultants. It represents an emerging tech-enabled alternative to traditional individual consultants that competes with AIGAC's member firms for applicant mind share.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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