Jeff Pierpont

Jeff Pierpont is the Vice President of College Partnerships at College Raptor. Apart from working with colleges to meet their enrollment challenges, he's an adjunct communication instructor at a local college. Jeff stays current with trends in enrollment management and student engagement. Email him with your thoughts and insights into the state of higher education.
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament College Enrollment Trends
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September Madness: How the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Predicts College Enrollment Trends

By Jeff PierpontLast updated on April 26, 2023
Colleges spend millions of dollars each year to market themselves and recruit students, with an average four-year private institution spending around $2,500 for each first-year student enrolled. Schools also spend millions more on their athletics to boost alumni giving and enhance the general appeal to campus culture. What kind of return, in terms of college …
Information and statistics about the colleges attended by NFL players in the "Big Game".
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Super Schools 2015: An Analysis of the Colleges Represented on the Field of the NFL’s “Big Game”

By Jeff PierpontLast updated on December 22, 2022
We analyzed the players on each team in this year’s “Big Game” and found some interesting stats about the colleges they attended. Most represented colleges at the “Big Game”: Rutgers – 4 players University of Oregon – 4 players University of Wisconsin-Madison – 4 players Texas A&M University – 4 players Stanford University – 3 …

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