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Top 25 College counseling companies based in the United States

Name: College counseling companies based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 1,923 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,923 college counseling companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 13,989 professional contacts across them, including 3,667 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers college counseling companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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13,989Contacts tracked

3,667Verified emails

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The 25 largest college counseling companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,923 college counseling companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to college counseling companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	The Princeton Review	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,523 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than 35 years, students have trusted The Princeton Review to provide resources for better grades, higher test scores, and stronger applications.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	C2 Education	Indirect evidence	Duluth, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,013 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “C2 Education has helped high-performing students get into their dream schools for 25 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Ingenius Prep	Indirect evidence	New Haven, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	354 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “InGenius Prep has been igniting the potential of students since 2013.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	AJ Tutoring	Strong evidence	Menlo Park, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	225 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bay Area's leader in 1-1 Test Preparation, Academic Tutoring, and College Admissions Counseling At AJ Tutoring, we believe every student deserves personalized support that meets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	College NOW	Partial evidence	Cleveland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	196 contacts →
	Partial evidence “College Now (formerly Cleveland Scholarship Programs) paves the way for middle and high school students and adult learners to prepare for, finance, and graduate from postsecondary…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Empowerly	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	183 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Empowering your future, to college and beyond.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Medschoolcoach	Indirect evidence	Boston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	183 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “MedSchoolCoach is dedicated to helping students achieve their medical school dreams.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	College Contact	Partial evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	177 contacts →
	Partial evidence “College Contact supports school districts and individual families with scalable human-to-human college & career advising.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Collegewise	Partial evidence	Newport Beach, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	168 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Collegewise has guided more than students through their college admissions journeys, and we can help you in today's changing academic world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Private Prep	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	152 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Private Prep is an elite tutoring service offering individually customized lessons for a wide range of K-College school subjects, standardized test prep, college admissions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	collegeadvisor.com	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CollegeAdvisor.com connects high school students/families with effective college counseling and personalized technology to guide them through the US college application process.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Cambridge Coaching	Indirect evidence	Cambridge, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	123 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cambridge Coaching began as a group of friends who also happened to be Harvard and MIT PhDs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	College Possible Texas	Partial evidence	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	119 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At College Possible Texas (formerly College Forward), we believe in the power of opportunity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Exxeella Education Group	Indirect evidence	Central Ave Ne, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	111 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Higher Education in Abroad offers a High-End Career with lifelong memories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	College Essay GUY	Partial evidence	United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	96 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Your go-to resource for practical, step-by-step guides on writing beautiful college essays and putting together an awesome college application.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Let's GET Ready	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	95 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Let's Get Ready provides students from low-income backgrounds with near-peer mentorship, free SAT preparation, admission counseling and other support services needed to gain…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Bespoke Education	Indirect evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	92 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bespoke Education, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Thinktank Learning, INC	Indirect evidence	Fremont, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Featured on the front page of New York Times, ThinkTank Learning is a forward-thinking educational development company headquartered in San Jose, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Zenith Prep Academy	Indirect evidence	Newark, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Over the past 15+ years, Zenith Prep Academy has guided thousands of students interested in pursuing Engineering/CS, Business, and Healthcare/pre-med to the Ivy Leagues and Top…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Bright Horizons College Coach	Partial evidence	Newton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	82 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bright Horizons College Coach is the nation’s leading provider of education advising, offering expert guidance on the college admissions and finance processes to families of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Colledge	Partial evidence	South Pasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	80 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Colledge is a college admissions consulting service, providing students and families with individualized, expert guidance on navigating the college admissions process.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Solomon Admissions Consulting	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Solomon Admissions Consulting provides personalized college, graduate school, medical school, and private school admission consulting exclusively from Former Admissions Officers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Livius Prep	Indirect evidence	Newtonville, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We know that every student is different.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Blue IVY Coaching	Indirect evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	76 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blue Ivy Coaching is an educational advising group based in Miami, and staffed by graduates from top U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Academic Achievement Center	Indirect evidence	Storrs, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UConn's Academic Achievement Center (AAC) is designed to help students achieve their goals by creating a personal network of support at the University.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: college counseling companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names college counseling companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of college counseling companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name college counseling companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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College counseling companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

26.2%Verified-email coverage

7.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

7.3%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,472

11-50

359

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,923 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among college counseling companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “college counseling companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names college counseling companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among college counseling companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,667 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names college counseling companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many college counseling companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,923 college counseling companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

The Princeton Review, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most college counseling companies?

New York leads with 141 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (59) and San Francisco (35).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,667 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,923 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.