EPS
Find your best new students
Uncover your best prospects with the Enrollment Planning Service (EPS), a Web-delivered data service and market analysis tool from the College Board. EPS pinpoints the high schools and geographical markets that contain your best prospects.
EPS:
- Zeroes in on your most promising new students using data from SAT®, AP®, and PSAT/NMSQT®
- Tells you which students are sending SAT scores to you and your competition
- Lets you see the data by
- High schools
- States
- Counties
- Geographical markets
- Zip codes
EPS also shows how your competition is performing in these areas and calculates your share of the market.
Best of all, EPS is accessible via the Internet. You and your staff can always connect to crucial enrollment data whether you're at home, on the road, or right on campus.
Target the right students and build diversity
Tap into the College Board's wealth of information on college-bound students to identify and attract students from a wide variety of backgrounds. EPS compiles a variety of student information including:
- Academic interest
- Academic performance
- Primary language
- Religion
- Ethnicity
- Gender
- Average household income
- College-bound rates
- In-state and out-of-state mobility rates
- Advanced Placement Program® (AP) information
- SAT score averages
You also gain access to addresses, phone numbers, and College Board (CEEB) code numbers for over 25,000 high schools. This information allows you to communicate directly with guidance counselors and other administrators who help shape students' college choices.
Two subscription levels
- EPS Basic provides personalized reports previously offered in the Executive Summary print publication.
- EPS Premium, the most comprehensive service level, not only provides Executive Summary Reports but also allows you to create reports from basic templates or build your own reports.
Fill out this order form (.pdf/222K) to get the report that best suits your needs. Requires Adobe Reader (latest version recommended).
Integrates with other College Board recruitment solutions
Many colleges and universities have successfully used the College Board's trusted information sources to increase enrollment and build diversity. This case study (.pdf/109K) shows how Saint Joseph's, a private university in Philadelphia, used EPS in conjunction with Student Search Service® and Descriptor PLUS to increase their applications by 223 percent over 10 years. During the same period, the number of minority applicants rose by 181 percent and, due to targeted geographical marketing, Saint Joseph's cut its travel budget in half while enjoying a 65 percent increase in out-of-state applications.
Questions?
If you have questions about Enrollment Planning Service, contact us at (800) 927-4302 or enrollmentsolutions@collegeboard.org. We look forward to helping you find and admit students who will succeed at your institution.