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Top 25 Education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Name: Education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026 124 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 124 education consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 753 professional contacts across them, including 208 with verified work emails and 282 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers education consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, 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 12, 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 12, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

124Companies

753Contacts tracked

208Verified emails

282Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 124 education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to education consulting firms: 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	collegeadvisor.com	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	51-200	145 contacts →
	Indirect 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 12, 2026
2	Doctums	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	51-200	57 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are a management and technology consulting firm focused exclusively on education with global experience in education administration, technology and student experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
3	Human Capital Research Corporation	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Human Capital Research Corporation (HCRC) is a privately held educational consultancy located in Evanston, Illinois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
4	Beyond Academics	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “What does authentic and sustainable innovation look like in higher ed- What does the future of work truly look like, and how will the new normal (post-2020 pandemic) impact how…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
5	Admissionado	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Quite simply, we help applicants gain admission to top undergraduate and graduate programs worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
6	Eduvantis	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 2010, Eduvantis has helped over 100 institutions of higher education achieve their enrollment and revenue goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
7	Best Practice Solutions	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Guided by the premise that higher education is a global force for good on the world stage, our mission is to help colleges and universities enroll, retain, and graduate students…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
8	Strategic Growth Consulting, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	13 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategic Growth Consulting helps small to medium sized professional service companies identify, plan and execute growth strategies bringing over 30 years of experience in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
9	H.G. Jones & Associates	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	9 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We strengthen organizations and support their efforts and goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
10	Wicker Park Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Wicker Park Group has helped my firm maintain a strong client focus and ensure the 'client is in the room' when we develop our strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
11	Hansra Consulting And Advisory Services Hcas , LLC	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hansra Consulting and Advisory Services is an SBA 8(a) Certified business that originated as a small educational consulting, sole proprietorship in 2015 aimed at helping the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
12	Koltin Consulting Group, INC	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
13	ZIA Learning	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Zia Learning is an education consulting company that provides services to large scales school districts across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
14	Strategic Higher ED SHE	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Strategic Higher Ed is your answer when it comes to finding a partner who is equally committed to facilitating change opportunities for institutions of higher education that are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
15	Cornerstone Education USA	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a registered educational service company located in Chicago, known as Cornerstone Education Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
16	Advancing Global Edu, INC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Advancing Global Edu helps education companies understand market trends and state and federal funding, create powerful brand identity, determine new market share, and strategize…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
17	College Here I Come	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a full-service college counseling practice helping students as early as freshman year of high school, through senior year apply and get into college.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
18	The Addvantage Group	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our mission is simple: deliver exceptional results for unrivaled value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
19	KDM Advisors, LLC	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Faced with unprecedented uncertainty, education leaders rely on KDM Advisors as their trusted partner, helping ensure stability and building the foundation of sustainable growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
20	PWW Consulting	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2005, PWW Consulting is the culmination of decades of management consulting and strategic planning on behalf of a broad range of client partners that require more…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
21	Beleza Advisors	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Beleza was the name of the 37' sailboat my grandparents sailed across the Pacific for seven years when they were in their late 60's.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
22	Mcgarity Consulting Group	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At McGarity LLC, we specialize in providing comprehensive consulting and strategy solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of businesses across diverse industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
23	Third Coast Higher Education	Strong evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Third Coast Higher Education is a financial aid consulting firm for colleges and universities, two-year, four-year, public, private, professional institutions - we have worked…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
24	Union Hall Advising	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A NEW ERA IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS We are just at the start of an unprecedented time in college admissions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026
25	Ironside & Associates,llc	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 12, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ironside and Associates brings strategic counsel, objective leadership assessment and coaching, and proven executive search capabilities to C-Suite executives and founders at…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 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: education consulting firms. 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 education consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of education consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name education consulting firms. 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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Education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance

As of Sep 12, 2026

27.6%Verified-email coverage

37.5%Mobile-number coverage

6.1Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

265.3%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 12, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

1,001-5,000

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails were verified and the company information checked

Email last verified

Median 15.0d

1760–30

2931–60

161–90

090–180

2180+

Company record updated

Median 55.0d

00–30

39231–60

23361–90

8490–180

44180+

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 education consulting firms, 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 Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “education consulting firms”. 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 education consulting firms), 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 education consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago 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, 208 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 12, 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.

Education consulting firms by metro in the United States

Education consulting firms in New York329
Education consulting firms in Los Angeles131
Education consulting firms in Chicago128
Education consulting firms in Washington123
Education consulting firms in Atlanta114
Education consulting firms in Houston95
Education consulting firms in Miami84

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 education consulting firms, 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 education consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?

RevenueBase identified 124 education consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, 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?

collegeadvisor.com, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most education consulting firms?

New York leads with 329 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (131) and Chicago (128).

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 208 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 124 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 12, 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.