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Top 24 Higher education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 52 higher education consulting firms headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 517 professional contacts across them, including 185 with verified work emails and 217 with mobile numbers. Across the United States, New York is the largest hub for this category (152 companies); Chicago has 52.
This list covers higher 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.
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The 24 largest higher education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quite simply, we help applicants gain admission to top undergraduate and graduate programs worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 2010, Eduvantis has helped over 100 institutions of higher education achieve their enrollment and revenue goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Graduate Admissions is an art, and these Associate Deans, Assistant Deans, Enrollment specialists, and Admissions Officers are true craftsmen and women.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Transforming philanthropy for higher education and healthcare organizations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 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, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A marketing and brand consultancy for the higher ed, nonprofit and public sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ripple Effect Ventures provides college admissions counseling and advisory to students, NGOs and small businesses in the developing world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MISSION: The mission of Welbright Consulting is to transform the lives of international as well as domestic students and their families through innovative education strategies and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Reach your career goals with Lindsey Besio, certified career coach.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Empowering Post-Secondary Institutions to Elevate Student Success and Access Through Customized, Data-Driven Program Design, Backed by Proven Methodologies and Continuous…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “K-12 Market Advisors offers education businesses marketing and strategy consulting that is smart, practical and actionable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 12, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: higher 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 higher education consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of higher 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 higher 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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Higher education consulting firms based in Chicago, United States at a glance
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Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among higher 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 “higher 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 higher 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 higher 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, 185 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
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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 higher 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 higher education consulting firms are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 52 higher 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 in the United States has the most higher education consulting firms?
New York leads the United States with 152 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (68) and Chicago (52).
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 185 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 52 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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