May
22

Have you noticed some big EDU brands taking over search volume?

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Have you noticed the change in search engine result over the last 2-4 months?  When using google the results when searching with some of the major industry search terms now display brands.  It seems brands have taken top position over many of the vendors.  Check out online degree & online degrees, you will see UoP [...]

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May
22

Did April buck the seasonality trend?

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For the last 7 years the lead flow and search volume have followed a distinct trend of seasonality.  This year however April has appeared to buck the trend on search volume.  April EDU traffic has surged in many of the top edu related terms, when it normally would have begun to fall off.  If you [...]

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May
14

Reminder CCA’s online registration ends June 1

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For those of you who are looking to attend the CCA Annual conference this year you may want to register soon.  The online registration ends June 1st and the price also goes up.  Heres a link: http://www.ccaconvention.org/

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May
12

April search volume holding strong

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Check out the April search volume: http://www.forprofitedu.com/marketing-firms/search-volume/april-2009-search-volume/

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May
12

Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2008

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Table 1.  Educational Attainment of the Population 18 Years and Over, by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin:  2008
 
 
 
 
 

(Numbers in thousands.  Civilian noninstitutionalized population /1.)
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

All Races
Educational Attainment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Total
None
High school graduate
Some college no degree
Associate’s , occupational
Associate’s, academic
Bachelor’s 
Master’s 
Professional 
Doctoral 

Both Sexes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

.18 years and over
224,703
824
69,480
44,168
9,016
9,573
40,070
14,893
3,009
2,485

..18 to 24 years
28,398
47
8,296
10,356
608
799
2,511
128
17
14

.25 years and over
196,305
776
61,183
33,812
8,408
8,774
37,559
14,765
2,991
2,472

..25 to 29 years
21,057
30
6,017
4,109
834
1,054
5,012
1,227
181
57

..30 to 34 years
19,089
40
5,280
3,287
873
956
4,409
1,565
309
210

..35 to 39 years
20,733
40
5,586
3,623
967
1,072
4,695
1,865
375
268

..40 to [...]

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May
7

Low cost/tuition online schools…they have been growing, what are your thoughts of long term prospects?

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There have been a number of entrants into the online degree space whose tuition are at significantly lower price points than the majors.  Some of these have seen tremendous enrollment growth over the last year to two. In addition, they have remained (in many cases) extremely profitable.  What are your thoughts on these low price providers?  [...]

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May
7

Growth continues to look strong in for-profit industry

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After speaking with many analysts and marketers it seems like the positive growth is continuing into the second quarter. Lead volume & enrollment growth seem to have continued from the first quarter. Lots of continued interest in investing into the for-profit arena is always a great sign. The only negative area has been the stock [...]

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May
1

EDU stocks trading at low prices & multiples

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Take a look at the EDU stocks, now looks to be a good time to buy in at good prices and at multiples as low as they have been in a while.  With all the bullish discussion of late the EDU sector has taken a hit.  With people/investors being short sighted and thinking, hey if [...]

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