Supporting Higher Education Institutions Across All Sectors
From large state systems, to R1 private and public universities, to community colleges and everything in between, our growing client community uses Cvent to drive enrollments, accelerate gift giving and increase the impact and reach of events across all types of institutions.


















Client Success Stories

Cornell University
Use Case: External Relations and Fundraising
Results
- Increased online registrations by 68% while saving 10 hours of manual data entry work per event
- Increased attendance by 10% each year since 2011
- Increased sponsorship contributions by 25%

Penn State University
Use Case: Conferences and Small Courses
Results
- Increased program offerings from 40 to 250+ (6-fold increase)
- Increased registrants from 6000 to 25,000+ (4-fold increase)
- Resulting in more than $2M in revenue back to the programs in year 5 (10-fold increase)
- Supported by the same amount of staff

University of Southern California
Use Case: Parents Weekend
Results
- Increased program offerings by 46%
- Increased attendance by 29%
- Resulting in 5/5 ratings by a majority of attendees
- Saved time and money through multi-modal event management

Louisiana State University
Use Case: Alumni & Donor Relations
Results
- Saved $1,500 in printing costs per event
- Saved 800 hours of labor
- Increased sponsorship contributions by $7,500
Why Institutions Choose Cvent
Cvent's platform is flexible and scalable from supporting event management needs within a department to serving as the enterprise event technology platform across an entire institution or system.
Designed to help at each stage of an event, Cvent supports these common higher education use cases:
Enrollment Management | Colleges & Schools | Continuing Education | Advancement | IT & Procurement | |
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Marketing, Recruitment & Enrollment | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
Donor Relations & Fundraising | ✔ | ✔ | |||
Venue Search & Selection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Attendee Connections & Experience | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Seamless Branding | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Security & Stability | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Integrated Platform | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

Regardless of role, department or division within an institution, Cvent introduces a common set of benefits:
- Efficiency –Empowering teams to do more with less and achieve greater results.
- Cost Savings –Introducing cost savings across all initiatives.
- Increased Revenue –Increasing reach and impact of events, driving incremental revenue.
- Flexibility & Scale –Offering a model with enough to meet you at your starting point and grow and evolve as needed.
- Analytics & Reporting –Ongoing ability to track, monitor, measure and take action on performance across all initiatives.
What Our Clients Are Saying
After we started using Cvent, I didn’t have to touch 82% of registrations. They’re recorded in the system automatically. It’s allowed me and my team to focus on more important tasks.
We love Cvent’s email marketing capabilities, especially with the analytics and reporting. We have the ability to segment and target different groups of people with specific messages based on their unique situation.