What Campus Connect does

Campus Connect Group is a privately held EdTech holding company headquartered in Miami, Florida (5798 SW 68th St), that acquires and grows education software companies serving the higher education market. The firm operates a decentralized holding-company model in which acquired companies retain their founding brands, leadership teams, and operating autonomy, while the parent provides strategic guidance, peer collaboration, and shared resources under a permanent capital structure intended to support long-term value creation. The company employs 101–250 staff and explicitly positions itself as a buyer and operator rather than a single-product vendor, encouraging founders in the education software space to consider a transition or partnership.

The company's product surface is delivered through five wholly-owned subsidiaries: Global Financial Aid Services (financial aid servicing), Great Exposure (lead generation and admissions support), Campus Login (Student Information System), STARS (education solutions and services), and ProEd Solutions (financial aid technologies and virtual workforce, acquired 2025-09-10). At the solution level, the portfolio covers four integrated pillars — Student Information Systems for centralized student records, scheduling, academics, and reporting; an Advanced Admissions CRM with configurable workflows, automated communications, and real-time analytics; an Enrollment & Marketing platform for performance-based, compliance-focused lead generation; and Financial Aid Processing with FAFSA verification, customized packaging, and audit-ready documentation. The firm claims a North American footprint across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Campus Connect Group primarily serves higher education institutions — colleges, universities, and career schools — with a secondary segment of student service providers such as lead generators and admissions support firms. Go-to-market is direct institutional (enterprise) sales targeting higher education decision-makers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, no revenue or funding rounds are reported, and no parent company, institutional investors, or named leadership team are identified in the available data.

Name

Campus Connect

Legal name

Campus Connect Group

Website

https://campusconnectgroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Campus Connect Group is a private EdTech holding company that acquires and operates education software businesses serving higher education institutions across North America, delivering integrated SIS, CRM, enrollment marketing, and financial aid solutions through five wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Software

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Higher Education SIS & Campus Management Systems (EDAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enrollment Yield, Matriculation & Onboarding Platforms (EDAFAMAG), Compliance, State Reporting & Education Data Exchange (Ed-Fi/SIF) (EDAFAEAO), Gradebook, Transcripts, Credits & Academic Records Management (EDAFAEAG)

Keywords

• Higher education software
• Student information systems
• Enrollment management solutions
• Financial aid processing
• Admissions CRM

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Campus Connect Group provides cloud-based SaaS software and services for higher education institutions, spanning Student Information Systems (SIS), enrollment and marketing, admissions CRM, and financial aid processing. The company operates as an EdTech holding company that owns and grows specialized education software businesses serving colleges, universities, and career schools across North America.

Product overview

Campus Connect Group operates as an Edtech holding company offering an integrated portfolio of higher education software solutions. The portfolio spans four main solution areas (SIS, Enrollment & Marketing, Admissions CRM, and Financial Aid Processing) delivered through five portfolio companies: Global Financial Aid Services, Great Exposure, Campus Login, STARS, and ProEd Solutions. These companies collectively provide comprehensive coverage across admissions, lead generation, student information systems, and financial aid servicing for educational institutions across North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Information Systems (SIS) Centralized student records, scheduling, academics, and reporting system designed for career schools and higher education environments, featuring mobile-friendly student portals.
• Enrollment & Marketing Platform Performance-based marketing campaigns with compliance-focused lead generation, strategic enrollment management, and multi-channel marketing approaches for higher education institutions.
• Advanced Admissions CRM Streamlined application management with configurable workflows, automated communications, and real-time insights to improve conversion and yield for higher education institutions.
• Financial Aid Processing Federal and institutional aid processing including FAFSA verification, customized financial aid packaging, audit-ready documentation, and regulatory compliance management.
• Global Financial Aid Services Financial aid servicing solutions for higher education institutions, provided as a wholly-owned portfolio company within the Campus Connect Group.
• Great Exposure Lead generation and admissions support services for educational institutions, provided as a wholly-owned portfolio company.
• STARS Innovative education solutions and services for institutions, provided as a wholly-owned portfolio company.
• Campus Login Student Information System (SIS) and technology solutions for campus management, provided as a wholly-owned portfolio company.
• ProEd Solutions Financial aid technologies and virtual workforce solutions for higher education institutions, provided as a wholly-owned portfolio company.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce (Education Cloud / Salesforce.org): Enterprise CRM platform with an education vertical offering for recruitment, admissions, and student success. Competes with Campus Connect's Admissions CRM but as a horizontal CRM extended into education rather than a dedicated higher-ed system.
• Workday (Workday Student): Cloud-native enterprise suite extending into higher-ed student and finance; competes with Campus Connect's SIS and campus-operations solutions but as part of a broader HCM/finance portfolio. Larger, more diversified incumbent.
• Oracle (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions / Oracle Student): Legacy higher-ed SIS (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions) and modern cloud student system targeting large universities. Overlaps with Campus Connect's SIS and campus-management functionality but as part of a much broader enterprise software portfolio.

Direct peers

• Ellucian: Largest dedicated higher-education SIS and ERP provider, serving colleges, universities, and career schools with a comparable suite spanning student records, enrollment, and financial aid. Direct competitor in the same product category with a similar institutional customer base.
• Slate by Technolutions: Widely adopted admissions CRM and enrollment platform for higher education, with configurable workflows and analytics comparable to Campus Connect's Advanced Admissions CRM. Direct overlap in the admissions and enrollment-marketing workflow.
• Anthology (formerly Blackboard): Provides an integrated higher-ed EdTech suite including SIS, CRM, enrollment, and learner-success tools. Competes head-to-head with Campus Connect across multiple solution pillars serving similar institutional buyers.
• Jenzabar: Higher-education SIS and campus management vendor focused on small-to-mid-sized institutions and career schools — a segment Campus Connect explicitly targets with its SIS offering. Closely comparable in product scope and customer type.

Emerging players

• Populi: Cloud-based SIS and CRM for small colleges, seminaries, and career schools — directly overlapping with Campus Connect's higher-ed and career-school SIS focus. Smaller-scale competitor with comparable target customers.
• Capture Higher Ed: Enrollment marketing and yield analytics platform serving colleges and universities. Overlaps with Campus Connect's Enrollment & Marketing solution as a focused, niche competitor in the same funnel.
• Destiny Solutions: Continuing-education and SIS solutions for higher-ed institutions, with overlap in non-traditional and continuing-education student management. Comparable in niche-segment focus and customer type.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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