Catholic Colleges

Growing enrollment, endowment and reputation for Catholic colleges and universities

Why good requires great.

Lessons we've learned from guiding America's top Catholic colleges.

Many Catholic institutions face declining enrollments, insufficient endowments and a loss of narrative. Elliance offers to share high-value insights with your full cabinet, trustees, deans, and marketing/development teams.

Schedule a complimentary presentation tailored to your school, context and needs.

"The identity of an institution lies, not in what anyone says of it from time to time, but in what everyone does about it every day."

— Sister Jeanne Knoerle, S.P.
President of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, (1968-1983)

Featured Case Studies

Five clients. A world of learning.

Enrollment

St. Edward's University

How a school with deep roots in the repairing of a nation after America's Civil War reclaimed its origin story and changed its enrollment destiny. Elliance’s strategies and tactics helped grow out-of-state enrollment from 7% to 18% in just three years.

Advancement

John Carroll University

How a new strategic plan emboldened a business college to attract talent, raise $25 million and bring its mission into a new data-driven age.

Reputation

St. Norbert College

How America's one and only Norbertine college learned to speak its one true voice and exceed its capital campaign goal by $16 million.

Reach

Duquesne University

How a historically regional school outsmarted massive brand name competitors (Columbia, Stanford, Michigan, Yale) to win top-tier, domestic and international MBA students.

Relevance

Saint Francis University

How a Franciscan university translated the messages of its 12th century saint and made them relevant to 21st century students and faculty.

6 Presentation Insights

  1. Why enrollment funnels have turned to right-fit pipelines.
  2. How brand alignment, more than traditional search, allows you to shape a class.
  3. Why program-level content, not digital stunts, power campaigns.
  4. How digital publishing, informed by keyword intelligence, extends brand reach.
  5. Why content, tied to distinct, high-impact initiatives, secures major gifts.
  6. How reciprocity between integrated marketing and boots-on-the-ground effort leads to prosperity.

Client Testimonials

"Elliance continues to help us gain deep insight into how we create value. By telling our story in a bold and deliberate way, Elliance has encouraged the hearts of our people and ignited our alumni around our strategic vision."

– Alan Miciak, Dean of Boler College of Business
John Carroll University

"Elliance impressed me with their investigative abilities and the things they found about the University of the incarnate Word. The videos they produced for our new president’s inauguration and the launch of our brand were amazing and very emotional for me."

– Dr. Kathi Light, Provost
University of the Incarnate Word

"Our website redesign partnership with Elliance brought us great value across all measures. We received a beautiful new website that performed, gained new institutional insights and developed new, lasting friendships."

– Nina Nolan Rouse, Interim Director of Communications and Marketing
St. Norbert College

"Catholic University of America was thrilled with the outcome of our website development project with the Elliance team. The site has given us an engaging and attractive platform for telling meaningful stories that advance our institutional objectives."

– Chris Lydon, VP for Enrollment and Marketing
The Catholic University of America

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