Financial Aid Optimization
Individualized Strategy for Optimized Results
We deliver individualized financial aid strategy—not only customized for your institution, but customized for each student. A strategy built from the ground up, accounting for shifts in market forces and student behavior, monitored by our experts, from Maguire Associates (now a Carnegie company), for in-cycle optimization. It’s sophistication that leads to goal achievement.
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Financial Aid Modeling
Align your admission and aid strategies under a coordinated, consistent vision. Our sophisticated predictive models and depth of consulting expertise help you meet or exceed your enrollment goals while controlling discount rate.
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Recruitment Modeling
Develop more targeted and cost-efficient approaches to recruitment. By scoring every prospective student record with an application probability, we help your team make the most of limited resources. Understanding conversion probability helps you focus recruitment messaging, evaluate the return on investment for key lead sources, and more effectively segment your communications.
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Student Success Modeling
Measure retention probability at the individual student level before students enroll and build that understanding into your admission and aid strategies. Our pre-enrollment retention models and individual-level risk-scoring will ensure comprehensive enrollment planning for student success and improved revenue outcomes over multiple years.
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What Is Financial Aid Optimization and How Does Individualized Strategy Work? An Introduction.
You may have heard that Maguire Associates, one of the industry’s most trusted and reputable enrollment management firms, is now part of the Carnegie family! With this... -
PRESS RELEASE: Carnegie Announces the Acquisition of Maguire Associates.
Press Release | Carnegie announces its acquisition of Maguire Associates (Maguire), one of the industry’s most trusted and reputable enrollment management firms. The acquisition demonstrates Carnegie’s commitment... -
Recommendations for Higher Ed Institutions to Prepare for the New FAFSA
The Department of Education recently announced that the new 2024–2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be available in December instead of the usual October...
“UMSL’s admit volume has increased dramatically for full-time students, while keeping yield at similar levels using Maguire awarding strategies. Maguire has helped us find the value in our own data, additional data points we should be collecting, and increased collaboration between financial aid and admissions.” Reggie Hill
Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Enrollment
University of Missouri-St. Louis
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