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Optimize your investments to maximize your sustainability with data and insights
With tighter funding than ever and students increasingly questioning the value of a degree, institutions are walking a tightrope between financial viability and affordability.
Hanover helps you optimize your tuition and aid models to maximize enrollment and revenue, and ensure effective resource allocation, long-term financial viability, and efficient growth.
Clients save $30 million annually through Hanover’s recommendations against the launch of low-growth degree programs

Finance insights to run an efficient, financially sustainable, and growth-oriented Institution
Financial Aid Optimization
Helps you configure optimal financial aid packages that maximize matriculation and enrollment at the individual level.
Tuition Optimization Survey
Evaluates tuition and financial aid pricing data and models scenarios to maximize overall tuition revenue.
Tuition and Fees Benchmarking
Evaluates program costs and fee structure options of your institution and peer institutions.
Organizational Benchmarking
Compares the organizational structure, staffing, and services of an institution’s programs compared to peers/competitors.

Weber State University Partners with Hanover to Refine Financial Aid Processes and More
“As we begin our Hanover contract, we’re eager to explore in-depth custom research questions, such as student matriculation patterns, improving financial aid and scholarship processes, and analyzing market demand. We look forward to leveraging data to enhance our support for student success and are excited to launch this partnership.”

Iowa Central Community College Partners With Hanover for Research and Grants Expertise
“We are looking forward to having research at our fingertips that is easy to navigate and find because of our new partnership with Hanover Research. I am also excited about the unlimited opportunities I see in their Grants Portal. We have used other third-party vendors in the past, but the cost became an issue for us and therefore we forged the path forward with Hanover.”

Curtin University Uses Data Insights to Propel a 2030 Global Strategic Plan
“We engaged Hanover Research to not only provide market insights but also to present and facilitate a strategic conversation with our University Council. It was this session that helped our council understand the importance of student engagement and experience as a core strategy in our new plan. Ultimately, I believe it became the turning point for Curtin to refocus in this direction.”
— Dr. Marco Schultheis, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer

A Texas A&M School Drives Faculty Engagement with Data
“As a dean, you really need reflective feedback from faculty on their needs, their resources, and their social connectedness. We needed to find out what we could do to improve, and Hanover’s report helped us drill down to changes we could implement that would help faculty feel more included and supported.”
— Michael de Miranda, PhD, Dean

Red Deer Polytechnic Drives Strategic Impact through Hanover Partnership
“Hanover acts as an extension of our Institutional Planning and Research function, allowing us to tackle more projects and benefit from their higher education expertise. The most valuable aspect of Hanover’s model is the pairing of custom primary research with on-demand access to an extensive higher education library. This unique combination allows us to answer institution-specific questions while learning from our Canadian and international peers.”
– Isaac Nyamekye, MBA, Executive Director of Institutional Planning and Research