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Scaling a private university to 11,000+ applications a year

11,400
Applications / year
-38%
CPA reduction
6.1×
Pipeline ROAS
Scaling a private university to 11,000+ applications a year
Challenge

The problem we walked into.

A 25-year-old private university was competing against EdTech players paying 3× their CPL ceiling on Meta. Counsellors were drowning in low-intent leads from third-party aggregators.

Strategy

How we re-thought it.

Programme-led landing pages, intent-matched ad copy, and a CRM-routed pipeline. Layered alumni + faculty creators on top of Performance+ paid systems.

Execution

What shipped.

  • 01

    Built 38 programme-specific landing pages with admission-officer chat.

  • 02

    Geo + course-level Meta + Google campaigns with lead scoring.

  • 03

    Alumni influencer cohort producing 6 reels / week per campus.

  • 04

    Weekly counsellor-feedback loop optimising creative + bidding.

Results

The compounded outcome.

  • 11,400 applications in admission year
  • 38% reduction in cost per qualified application
  • 6.1× pipeline ROAS on flagship MBA & B.Tech programmes
  • Brand search volume up 2.4× across Tier-2 cities
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  • Search + AI visibility benchmark vs. your top 3 competitors
  • Paid media (Meta, Google, LinkedIn) leakage map
  • Reputation + creator ecosystem health score
  • 90-day prioritised growth roadmap (with effort vs. impact)
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