University Partnerships

Why Us?

CollegeRecon is the #1 solution for universities seeking engagement opportunities with prospective, military-connected students. We drive your marketing efforts while supporting your enrollment and retention efforts through consultative training of your admissions, marketing and veterans services teams.

Since 2013, CollegeRecon has been offering transparent, targeted and trusted military branding and recruitment opportunities for V.A. approved colleges and universities. We work with more than 180+ colleges and universities across the United States and are recognized as the largest college discovery platform built exclusively for the military and veteran community.

Based on proprietary data, collected over nearly a decade of working with this community, we provide unparalleled guidance on how your university can recruit and retain military-connected students.

Our platform provides servicemembers, veterans and military families with the tools and information necessary to make informed decisions on where to utilize G.I. Bill ® and Tuition Assistance benefits.

We speak to more than 750,000 military-connected men and women each year and create avenues for universities to build brand recognition and engage directly with prospective students who are seeking more information about their institutional offerings.

CollegeRecon has been featured in USA Today and the U.S. Army National Guard ESO Handbook

By working with CollegeRecon, you’ll grow your brand awareness and speak to more prospective students in a compliant and vet-friendly manner. We look forward to the opportunity to speak with you and learn more about your needs!

Testimonials

We can honestly say that CollegeRecon is GOLDEN. CollegeRecon’s unique military platform, resources and active involvement in our program’s success is unparalleled. They get in front of the military audience better than a lot of our tactics because they are more experienced in this area. Their consulting services have contributed substantially to our knowledge and how to build our marketing plan from scratch for the military.

University of Cincinnati Brian Eck, Strategic Marketing Manager

It allowed us to really analyze who we are attracting and what type of military-connected student is showing interest in what we offer. I think it is the data they provide us that really separates them from everyone else. When you open up our [CollegeRecon] portal, we are able to see not only the names, but contact information, military experience, academic interests, etc. The best thing is that we can track how many times we appear in their search results, how many times our profile is viewed and how many messages we are receiving.

St. Peter's University Frank Rivera, Director of Veterans Services

We’ve been exceedingly pleased with our CollegeRecon experience over the last two years. The CollegeRecon team is quick to respond to any questions and changes on our end, and the interface is easy to use both for posting general information and interacting with prospective students looking to use their hard earned benefits.

Post University

CollegeRecon has improved the way we approach and market our military support programs from recruitment to retention. They go beyond on marketing our institution to a highly targeted audience by actually working with us on how to message, brand and support these types of students.

Upper Iowa University

“Our relationship with CollegeRecon has increased our engagement dramatically since starting the campaign. Prior to partnering with CollegeRecon, our military traffic to our Michigan and Wisconsin websites was extremely low. In under six months, our monthly traffic has increased tenfold. That growth has turned into three students who have come up to me and told me that they chose our campus after learning about us on CollegeRecon. These veterans and military-connected students felt CUW was the right choice because of what they saw on [CollegeRecon].”

Concordia University (WI & MI campuses) Keith Casey, Director of Veteran Services

About CollegeRecon

CollegeRecon is the #1 resource for military-connected, prospective students and eligible universities seeking to build their military brand awareness and support services for this community.

CollegeRecon is the only college search platform aligned with all of these reputable organizations:

With the largest audience of veterans, servicemembers, and military families looking to utilize their earned G.I. Bill ® and Tuition Assistance benefits, we help hundreds of colleges and universities connect with this highly sought after audience.

CollegeRecon is seen as a trusted, targeted and transparent brand within both the military and higher education markets. How do you ask?

For our Military Members

For our University Partners

Trusted: We do NOT work with predatory institutions possessing VA Caution Flags or simply sell user data to schools who partner with CollegeRecon.

Trusted: We value our clients and their reputations. Many schools have fallen prey to the lure of increasing G.I. Bill ® revenues through predatory marketing practices and working with misleading lead generators or companies who create faulty “designations.” CollegeRecon is a trusted partner who takes compliance and your brand positioning seriously.

Targeted: We only list schools that meet our veteran & military members’ selected criteria and interests.

Targeted: Our mission is not to be a high-volume lead generator. We strive to get you in front of the right military-connected audience at the right time. CollegeRecon is a branding platform first-and-foremost that will help build your exposure and name recognition within this highly sought-after community.

Transparent: We list non-partner schools right alongside partner schools to provide members with an inclusive understanding of all the options available to them as degree-seeking individuals. We also ensure members understand which schools we work with so they understand why they’re positioned in certain places throughout the platform.

Transparent: Everything we do is built around serving the veteran and military community. We take our own brand very seriously and that trust within this community starts with how we promote our university partners. All CollegeRecon partners are promoted through native ad placements and engagement is driven organically; not through bought traffic in high-volume, low-quality lead gen funnels. We’re not interested in vanity numbers.

Our military-connected members rely on our 100% free services and tools to support them as they navigate critical decisions imnpacting university pursuits, career pathways and financial well-being.