Ashkelon Academic College

What Ashkelon Academic College does

Ashkelon Academic College (AAC) is an Israeli higher education institution founded in 1965, located in Ashkelon in the southern district of Israel. The college delivers undergraduate (B.A./B.S.N./B.S.W.) and graduate (M.A./M.S.W./M.S.N.) degree programs across six primary faculties: Economics, Social Work, Health Sciences, Criminology, Social Sciences (psychology, politics, multidisciplinary studies), Exact Sciences/Computer Science, and Humanities (Land of Israel Studies). Its primary customers are domestic undergraduate and graduate students, with secondary segments including academics pursuing career-change tracks into nursing or social work, pre-academic preparatory students, and Haredi students served through a dedicated campus.

AAC was the first academic institution in Israel to fully virtualize its information systems, an architecture that the college describes as providing operational convenience, information availability, and software cost savings. The college operates an integrated digital stack including a student portal (portal.aac.ac.il), an online registration system (mcl.aac.ac.il), a Techno-Pedagogical Innovation Center supporting synchronous and hybrid learning, and a Career Development Center with employer-matching software. Physical infrastructure consists of an eight-building campus including a 3,500 square meter library holding approximately 120,000 items, dormitories, and a convention center. The college also operates specialized centers for innovation, academic accessibility, and reservist/adjustment support.

The revenue model is anchored by state-regulated tuition set by the Council for Higher Education (12,017 ILS for a full undergraduate program and 16,239 ILS for a full graduate program in academic year 2025-26), supplemented by government funding as a recognized academic institution and student services fees (dormitories, activities). First-year tuition is free for discharged soldiers, national/civilian service graduates per the Law for Encouragement of Education in the Negev and Galilee, and the college distributes millions of shekels in annual scholarships. Go-to-market is event-driven and direct-to-consumer: open house events, high school visits, regional outreach to high schools in southern Israel, a multilingual website in five languages (Hebrew, English, French, Russian, Arabic), and an on-campus enrollment center staffed by dedicated counselors.

Name

Ashkelon Academic College

Legal name

Ashkelon Academic College

Website

https://aac.ac.il

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ashkelon Academic College is a 1965-founded Israeli higher education institution in Ashkelon offering B.A. and M.A. degree programs across economics, social work, health sciences, criminology, computer science, and humanities, serving undergraduate, graduate, career-change, and pre-academic students with tuition regulated by the Council for Higher Education.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Private/Independent Community & Junior Colleges (EDAHADAB)

Keywords

• Higher education services
• Undergraduate degree programs
• Graduate degree programs
• Academic college education
• Vocational retraining programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Ashkelon

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: The college charges tuition fees on an annual/semester basis for degree programs. Tuition is set by the Council for Higher Education (מועצה להשכלה גבוהה) as state tuition rates.
2. Government Funding: The college receives government funding as a recognized academic institution under Israeli law.
3. Student Services Fees: Revenue from student services including dormitories, student activities, and other ancillary services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ashkelon Academic College is a private higher education institution in southern Israel offering B.A. and M.A. degree programs across faculties of Economics, Social Work, Health Sciences, Criminology, Social Sciences, Computer Science, and Humanities. It also runs accelerated conversion programs for academics entering nursing or social work, plus pre-academic preparatory tracks. The college is supported by an 8-building campus, a 3,500 sqm library, virtualized information systems, career development services, accessibility support, and an innovation center.

Product overview

Ashkelon Academic College operates as a higher education institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of academic degree programs (B.A. and M.A. levels) across multiple faculties including Economics, Social Work, Health Sciences, Criminology, Social Sciences, Computer Science, and Humanities. The college provides an integrated student portal (portal.aac.ac.il) for accessing personal information and academic records, supplemented by specialized centers for career development, library services, academic accessibility support, and techno-pedagogical innovation. The institution utilizes advanced software systems for student-employer matching through its Career Development Center and maintains an online registration system for prospective students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Academic Degree Programs
• Accelerated Academic-to-Profession Conversion Programs
• Career Development Center
• Library Services
• Academic Accessibility Support Center
• Innovation Center
• Student Dormitories

Quantifiable outcome

• First place ranking in the National Student Union Survey (2019-2020)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Regional Employers ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with regional employers including Elta Security Systems, Israeli banks, hi-tech companies, and government organizations to provide employment opportunities for students and graduates through annual employment fairs and Spotlight days.
• Council for Higher Education (מועצה להשכלה גבוהה)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccredited academic institution operating under the supervision and standards set by the Council for Higher Education, which determines tuition rates and quality standards.

Scale indicators5 records

Direct peers

• Sapir Academic College: One of Israel's largest private academic colleges offering BA and MA programs across social sciences, humanities, and business. Closely comparable to AAC in scale, regulatory environment (CHE supervision), and target student segments in Israel's periphery.
• Western Galilee College: Northern Israel private academic college serving peripheral regions under the same CHE tuition framework as AAC. Comparable in mission, scale, and reliance on Negev/Galilee incentives.
• Ono Academic College: Private Israeli academic college with health-sciences, social sciences, and law programs. Direct comparable to AAC given shared CHE-regulated status and overlapping degree portfolios in health and social sciences.
• Sami Shamoon College of Engineering: Private Israeli academic college with campuses in the south (Beer Sheva, Ashdod). Direct regional comparable to AAC, particularly for engineering-adjacent STEM competition in southern Israel.
• Achva Academic College: Southern Israel-based private academic college with similar BA/MA program mix in social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. Direct regional competitor to AAC within Israel's college segment.
• Netanya Academic College: Private academic college in central Israel offering multidisciplinary BA and MA programs under CHE oversight. Comparable in size, program structure, and tuition-setting regime to AAC.
• Max Stern Yezreel Valley College: Private academic college in northern Israel offering BA and MA programs. Comparable to AAC as a regional private college competing for peripheral Israeli students under the same CHE regulatory framework.
• Peres Academic Center: Rehovot-based private academic college offering BA and MA programs in a comparable mid-sized Israeli college format. Similar regulatory and tuition structure to AAC.

Broad incumbents

• Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya: Larger, well-established private Israeli institution offering BA, MA, and doctoral programs. Competes with AAC for high-achieving applicants and sets a benchmark for premium private higher education in Israel.
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: Major public research university headquartered in Beer Sheva with regional colleges across the Negev. Direct southern-Israel competitor to AAC for both undergraduate applicants and government funding allocation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ashkelon-academic-college1

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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