Agencies offering Social.

Caylor Solutions is an Indianapolis-based agency that works exclusively with K-12 and higher education institutions on branding, website design, and digital marketing. Founded and led by Bart Caylor, the firm serves primarily smaller private, faith-based, and independent colleges and universities, and is a recognized speaker at higher ed marketing conferences including the ABHE and AMA Higher Ed. Named clients include Anderson University, Cedarville University, Carson-Newman University, and Chowan University.

EducationDynamics (EDDY) is a Lenexa, Kansas-based higher education marketing and enrollment management firm founded in 2005 and serving 500+ partner colleges and universities. The firm has been engaged in higher education for over 35 years through predecessor organizations and fuses brand, marketing, communications, and enrollment into what it calls an integrated force. In 2024, EducationDynamics acquired the RW Jones Agency and Rankin Climate; in June 2026, it acquired UK-based Net Natives, expanding into international higher education marketing.

Edufficient is a performance-based higher education enrollment marketing agency founded in 2012. The firm focuses on digital media management, paid search, SEO, social media marketing, third-party inquiry management, compliance monitoring, and admissions call center services for colleges and universities. Edufficient describes itself as providing an 'unprecedented emphasis on compliance and responsibility' in EDU performance marketing, helping institutions attract higher-intent students.

Elliance is a Pittsburgh-based digital marketing and branding agency that serves higher education institutions and B2B companies, with higher ed representing the dominant vertical. Founded in the early 1990s, the firm is known for SEO-driven enrollment growth, brand development, and digital recruitment campaigns, with documented client results across small independent colleges, Catholic institutions, and research universities. Its blog 'Aha!' is a recognized source of higher ed SEO and content strategy thinking.

Web and app development, design, and digital strategy.

idfive is a Baltimore-based, full-service integrated marketing and communications agency founded in 2005. The agency focuses on mission-based clients in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare, and civic sectors, applying what it calls persuasive and ethical marketing. idfive's higher education portfolio spans more than 40 named institutions, including Drexel University, Johns Hopkins University, Colgate University, Fairfield University, George Mason University, Iowa State University, and the University of Maryland system. The agency was recognized as a SmartCEO Future 50 company.

Performance marketing and Agency of Record for higher ed.

SimpsonScarborough is a Washington, D.C.-based higher education marketing agency founded in 2006 and dedicated exclusively to the sector. The firm positions itself as the industry's premier integrated marketing agency, combining research, strategy, creative, and digital to help institutions build brands and drive enrollment. Chairman and Partner Elizabeth Scarborough Johnson has presented at more than 200 workshops and chaired the AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education from 2007 to 2011, and the agency has partnered with 300+ institutions globally.

Vital Design is a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based digital marketing agency founded in 2001 with a 100+ person team and offices in multiple cities. The firm serves higher education institutions alongside B2B technology, manufacturing, and eCommerce clients, and describes higher education as one of its core practice areas. Vital's higher ed work covers digital marketing strategy, website design, SEO, PPC, content marketing, email, video, and social media for universities, graduate and professional schools, and continuing education programs.