Virginia College Advising Corps

Name

Virginia College Advising Corps

Legal name

Virginia College Advising Corps

Website

https://vcac.virginia.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Virginia College Advising Corps (AdviseVA) places AmeriCorps-affiliated recent college graduates as full-time college advisers in 73 Virginia high schools. Founded in 2005 under UVA's Office of the Provost, the nonprofit serves roughly 17,000 high school seniors annually with free postsecondary planning support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Advising & Degree Planning (EDALABAA)

Keywords

• College advising services
• Postsecondary access programs
• College access nonprofit
• High school counseling
• Higher education access

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlottesville, Virginia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The organization accepts donations through GiveCampus platform to support program operations and adviser positions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Virginia College Advising Corps (operating as AdviseVA) is a nonprofit college access program that places recent college graduates as full-time Pathways Advisers in Virginia high schools. The program provides free college advising services to high school students, helping them navigate postsecondary opportunities, the college application process, and financial aid. It operates as a unit of the University of Virginia's Office of the Provost in partnership with AmeriCorps.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pathways Adviser Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 17000 seniors served annually across Virginia
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Bottom Line: Nonprofit providing college access and success advising to first-generation students from low-income communities, with a near-peer adviser model comparable to AdviseVA.
• College Possible: National nonprofit providing near-peer college advising and coaching to low-income and first-generation students, with a presence across multiple states. Comparable mission, target population, and AmeriCorps-supported model.
• College Forward: Texas-based nonprofit providing college access advising and persistence support to low-income and first-generation students. Comparable advising services and target demographic.
• College Advising Corps: The national umbrella organization that supports state-based college advising corps programs including Virginia. Operates the same near-peer advising model placing recent graduates in high schools, making it the most direct comparable.
• Matriculate: Nonprofit connecting low-income high school students with college-student advisers for application support. Highly comparable near-peer advising model targeting similar demographics.
• uAspire: Nonprofit focused on financial aid advising and college affordability for low-income students. Overlaps with AdviseVA's financial aid assistance component and target population.
• OneGoal: National college persistence and access program supporting low-income students through high school and into college. Comparable target population and college-readiness advising mission.
• Tennessee College Advising Corps: University of Tennessee-hosted college advising corps serving Tennessee high schools with the same near-peer adviser deployment model. State-level peer with analogous university affiliation.
• North Carolina College Advising Corps: University of North Carolina-based program placing advisers in NC high schools using an essentially identical model. Same service offering, similar AmeriCorps framework, and direct state-level peer to AdviseVA.

Others

• National College Access Network (NCAN): Membership and advocacy organization for the college access and success field. Indirect peer serving as the broader ecosystem umbrella supporting organizations like AdviseVA through capacity building, research, and policy advocacy.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/advisevirginia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/virginia-college-advising-corps
• Instagraminstagram.com/advisevirginia

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