Campus Cafe

What Campus Cafe does

CoreCampus (formerly Campus Cafe Software), operated by Scan Business Systems Inc., is a privately-held U.S. provider of cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) and ERP software for small-to-mid-sized higher education institutions. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Dedham, Massachusetts, the company serves community colleges, traditional colleges and universities, and career/trade schools with a single integrated platform that unifies admissions, academic registrar, financial aid, student finance/billing, faculty management, alumni/advancement, CRM, reporting, document management, and self-service portals on a shared database. The product is differentiated by deep compliance coverage of Title IV, NSLDS, FISAP, IPEDS, gainful employment, 90/10, and clock-hour attendance requirements, plus integrations with National Student Clearinghouse, Parchment, Stripe, and major financial aid servicers (EdExpress, PowerFaids, ECM).

The platform is delivered as multi-tenant cloud-hosted SaaS and sold via a direct, sales-led motion targeting U.S. institutions only; pricing is an all-inclusive monthly subscription scaled by average annual full-time equivalent (FTE) students, with implementation, training, and support bundled in. The go-to-market emphasizes hands-on partnership, free demos, and content marketing aimed at administrators evaluating replacements for fragmented legacy systems. There is no publicly disclosed revenue, no external funding history, and no M&A activity on record; the company was rebranded from Campus Cafe Software to CoreCampus in 2025 alongside a platform relaunch positioning the offering as a modern, ERP-grade alternative to large enterprise SIS vendors.

The customer base is described as "hundreds of schools," with named logos skewed toward small private colleges (Huntingdon, Fisher, Tabor, Five Towns, Hebrew) and career-focused institutions (Mildred Elley), and long-tenured accounts (Fisher College cited at 20+ years) point to high switching costs. No AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available data, and the company operates with 11–50 employees from a single U.S. footprint.

Name

Campus Cafe

Legal name

Scan Business Systems Inc.

Website

https://corecampus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CoreCampus, formerly Campus Cafe Software, provides a cloud-based Student Information System and ERP platform for U.S. community colleges, universities, and career/trade schools, sold as an all-inclusive SaaS subscription scaled by student FTE count.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Student Information System (SIS) Software

NAICS

Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Higher Education SIS & Campus Management Systems (EDAFAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Attendance, Scheduling, Timetabling & Calendar Management (EDAFAEAF), Compliance, State Reporting & Education Data Exchange (Ed-Fi/SIF) (EDAFAEAO), Enrollment Yield, Matriculation & Onboarding Platforms (EDAFAMAG)

Keywords

• Student information system
• Cloud SIS software
• Higher education ERP
• Financial aid management
• Campus management platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: Monthly subscription fee based on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) students. All-inclusive pricing covers all software modules and features in one integrated platform. Implementation, training, and support services are included as part of the subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CoreCampus provides a fully integrated, cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) and ERP platform for higher education institutions. The platform unifies admissions, academics, registration, billing, financial aid, faculty management, and alumni/advancement functions into a single subscription-based system priced by full-time equivalent (FTE) student count. Implementation, training, and support are bundled into the all-inclusive monthly fee.

Product overview

CoreCampus is a unified cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) platform designed for higher education institutions, particularly community colleges, colleges, universities, and career/trade schools. The platform operates on a single integrated architecture where the CoreCampus Platform serves as the central system with multiple functional modules including Admissions, Academics (Registrar), Financial Aid, Student Finance (Billing), Alumni Development, and Faculty Management. Additional integrated features include CRM, Reports & Dashboards, Document Management, Self-Service Portals, Cloud Hosting, and API Integration capabilities. The platform provides ERP-level functionality with all modules sharing a unified database for real-time data synchronization across departments. Formerly known as Campus Cafe Software, the company has served higher education institutions since 1986.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CoreCampus Platform A fully integrated cloud-based Student Information System (SIS) that unifies student data management across admissions, academics, finance, financial aid, faculty, and alumni operations. It serves as a comprehensive ERP-level solution for community colleges, colleges, universities, and career/trade schools. All modules are included in an all-inclusive monthly subscription priced by student FTE count.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Student ClearinghousecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with National Student Clearinghouse for enrollment reporting, degree verification, and student tracking required for Title IV compliance.
• The Tambellini GroupminorOthersResearch and analyst firm referenced for market data on student information system investments and trends. Not an official partnership but cited as third-party research source.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Anthology (formerly Campus Management): Provides SIS, ERP, and student-success software to higher ed, including community colleges and career colleges. Direct competitor in mid-market and career/trade school verticals.
• Ellucian: The dominant SIS/ERP vendor in US higher education (Banner, Colleague, PowerCampus). Directly competes with CoreCampus across community colleges, colleges, and universities, though Ellucian skews larger in flagship institutions.
• Jenzabar: Higher-education ERP/SIS vendor historically focused on small and mid-sized private institutions — the same niche CoreCampus targets. Closest peer in customer profile and module breadth.
• Regent Education: Financial-aid management and SIS-adjacent platform specifically built for higher-ed Title IV workflows. Direct overlap in the financial-aid module CoreCampus sells as part of its integrated suite.
• CAMS (Community Brands / Aeries Software): SIS for community and private colleges with strong California community college footprint. Overlaps with CoreCampus's primary community-college segment.

Emerging players

• Salesforce Education Cloud / Salesforce.org: CRM/student-success platform often integrated into the SIS via APIs. Competes most directly with CoreCampus's CRM, admissions, and alumni modules.
• Populi: Cloud SIS targeting small private colleges and trade schools. Smaller scale but directly competes for the same customers CoreCampus prioritizes.

Broad incumbents

• Workday Student: Cloud-native student and finance ERP from Workday, increasingly moving into the mid-market. Competes with CoreCampus on modern UX and integrated HCM/finance for institutions that can afford it.
• Blackboard (Anthology) LMS / SIS suite: Combined LMS + SIS stack now under Anthology; competes as a broad-suite alternative and an integration partner to CoreCampus's LMS-grade features.
• Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions: Legacy enterprise SIS used by many of CoreCampus's target institutions before they look to migrate. Represents the incumbent replacement opportunity CoreCampus pursues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/campuscafesoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/core-campus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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