Ready Education is an educational technology (EdTech) software company that provides a unified hub for higher-ed engagement and success, helping students navigate college with confidence. The company’s core platform, CampusGroups by Ready Education, connects students to peers, opportunities, and support, helping institutions improve student outcomes, build community, and reduce administrative burden, all in a single hub.
| Headquarters | Burlington, Massachusetts |
| Industries Served | Higher education/student affairs, educational technology, and SaaS |
| Team Size | 51-200 employees (116 associated LinkedIn members) |
| Founding Date | CampusGroups was founded in 2005. Ready Education was launched in 2018 by University Ventures, following the merger of DubLabs (USA) and OohLaLa (Canada). Ready Education acquired CampusGroups in May 2022. |
| Specialties | Student engagement platform, campus experience software, event and community management, student services hub, engagement data and reporting |
CampusGroups is a unified digital campus experience that drives student retention and engagement by connecting students with the resources, people, and programs they need to thrive.
The platform includes the following key capabilities:
CampusGroups by Ready Education distinguishes itself in the EdTech market through several core attributes:
Ready Education works with higher education institutions. Key audiences include:
Ready Education serves more than 700 institutions in over 25 countries, including 75 percent of the top 20 universities worldwide. Notable clients include the University of Missouri, the University of Arkansas, the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of California – Santa Barbara, University of Southern California, University of California – Berkeley (Haas School of Business), London Business School, Georgetown University in Qatar, IESE Business School, and Melbourne Business School.
Schools typically turn to Ready Education when they want to:
Schools that do not address these gaps often see continued retention problems. Students who are involved in at least one student organization are more likely to stay enrolled than those who are not. CampusGroups by Ready Education seeks to improve engagement and retention outcomes by providing students with a centralized hub to discover clubs and groups, chat and connect with peers, and build a co-curricular transcript. Additionally, relying on many separate systems also tends to raise operating costs, increase administrative workload, and create security and compliance risks because data is not connected across platforms.
The CampusGroups platform was founded on May 16, 2005, in a small New York City office to help NYU Stern students connect and collaborate. Over two decades, the platform has evolved into a global leader serving business schools, public universities, global institutions, and community colleges.
University Ventures launched Ready Education in 2018, after merging DubLabs (USA) and OohLaLa (Canada). Ready Education acquired CampusGroups in May 2022. The company is privately held and is currently private equity-owned. Ready Education now supports over 700 institutions in more than 25 countries, including 75 percent of the world’s top 20 universities, and helps more than seven million students.
Ready Education envisions a world where every student’s college journey is personal, connected, and transformative, empowering every learner to succeed from acceptance to graduation and beyond.
To realize this vision, the company strives to help each student thrive by unifying academics, services, and community into a seamless experience that drives engagement and academic, social, and emotional success.
The Ready Education team has deep working knowledge of:
Lauren Mead leads marketing at Ready Education.
Ready Education is an EdTech company that provides a unified, branded campus technology to help colleges and universities improve student outcomes, increase retention, and strengthen campus engagement.
CampusGroups is Ready Education’s core software platform. It serves as a centralized hub that connects students with events, clubs, peer networks, academic resources, and support services through a single web and mobile application.
Yes. CampusGroups is designed to seamlessly integrate with an institution’s existing systems, including single sign-on (SSO), learning management systems (LMS), and student information systems (SIS), avoiding the need for an overhaul of the existing tech stack.
Ready Education supports retention by connecting students to campus communities and co-curricular programs. The platform is based on the finding that students involved in groups and extracurricular activities achieve a 90% retention rate, while uninvolved students achieve a 74% retention rate. Additionally, it uses real-time analytics and AI tools to identify at-risk, disengaged students so administrators can intervene.
The platform serves higher-education administrators, IT personnel, and student affairs teams. It is utilized by over 700 institutions and over seven million students in more than 25 countries.
