Strengthening student recruitment

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We help leading institutions reach elusive high school students, when and where they’re making critical decisions about their future.

We walk the talk​

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“I plan to put this money towards an engineering degree at UBC this fall. Thank you for your support as I embark on this next chapter of my life.”


“Your support has alleviated financial stress and inspired me to strive for excellence. It is also confirmation of my hard work!”


“Thank you for recognizing my achievement. Being chosen for this scholarship fills me with pride.”

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Reinventing the college bulletin board

We strengthen student recruiting by promoting local, regional, and national programs to high school students, when and where they’re making critical decisions about their future. Our network lives inside the high school building, in high traffic/high visibility locations guaranteed to immerse and engage students multiple times a day during the school year.

NextGrad is embraced by parents and educators, because we inform and inspire high schoolers to continue their educational journey.

Delivering True ROI

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STUDENTS HAVE APPLIED TO A PROGRAM FEATURED ON OUR NETWORK
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STUDENTS HAVE SEEN A PROGRAM
THEY DIDN’T KNOW EXISTED

Network specifications

Digital Screens
  • 48” x 27”
  • Slide or video
  • 10 flips
  • Spots rotate every :15
  • Programmed remotely
  • No audio permitted
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Vinyl Posters
  • 48” x 36” or 36” x 24”
  • Template provided
  • Single advertiser with no adjacencies
  • More impressions per school
  • Fast, flexible, and easy
  • More economical
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Digital Marketing Services

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NextGrad offers a complete bundle of digital marketing services that build awareness, improve brand affinity, boost enrollment, and ultimately, increase enrollment. Our in-house agency offers a wide range of custom services, including market research, audience targeting and segmentation, campaign design, media planning, budgeting, and buying, campaign optimization and metrics reporting, and client support. NextGrad’s solutions are tailored to the unique needs of our partners. We work closely with marketers to consistently deliver the best outcomes, while maximizing campaign performance. From top of the funnel awareness to bottom of the funnel conversion, we craft digital marketing campaigns that deliver measurable results. To learn more about our digital marketing services, please contact Erin Ward, Head of Digital Sales & Client Experience, at erin@nextgrad.com.

Military Recruiting

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The NextGrad media network provides an exceptional opportunity to military recruiters interested in reaching high school graduates. Our media network is located in high-traffic locations inside high school buildings and is a highly effective way to inform prospective graduates about military service, training, compensation, tuition reimbursement, and leadership and career opportunities. We support recruitment efforts for all branches of the Armed Forces, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and others. To recruit high school graduates when and where they’re making critical decisions about their future, please contact Kristy Vivian, VP of Business Development, at kristy@nextgrad.com
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Programmatic Media

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NextGrad has partnered with Vistar Media, a leader in the digital out of home advertising industry, to fuel our programmatic media across NextGrad’s digital kiosks in North America. Vistar Media helps our higher ed advertisers leverage the scale and reach of the NextGrad media network by serving content and ads to targeted audiences regardless of location, turning NextGrad into a national media platform that consistently delivers our highly targeted 14-18 year-old demographic, as well as other key influencers, like parents, counselors, teachers, and principals.

Vistar Media’s software solutions unleash the power and promise of programmatic media across NextGrad’s entire North American footprint. The Vistar-NextGrad partnership helps higher ed marketers combine scale, technology, and data to drive higher education forward.

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“NextGrad screens and posters are a great value for us, because students have to walk by them every day on the way to class. It’s such a captive audience!”

– MIKE LOCKREM, MARKETING DIRECTOR, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
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