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ListEdTech is a market research firm that only tracks systems used in education. Our user-friendly portal offers data on more than 30 product categories, including Retention Management Systems. For this product category, we track over 3,300 implementations, mostly in North America at the higher education level.
What Are Retention Management Systems?
For a comprehensive definition of this product category, please refer to our official documentation website.
Note: Our documentation provides tailored descriptions for both Higher Education and K-12 School District implementations.
What’s Inside our Product Category Reports?
Each ListEdTech product category report delivers a clear, data-driven view of a specific segment of the educational technology market. Beginning with a definition of the category, the report explores its current landscape, historical shifts, competitive positioning, and emerging trends—providing actionable insights for institutions, vendors, and decision-makers.
Table of Contents
- Introduction (including a definition of the product category)
- Executive Summary
- Current Market Snapshot
- Historical Trends (last ten years)
- Competitive Compass Insights
- Strategic Market Trends (key recent developments, innovations, and shifts in the product category)
- Pricing Trends
- Conclusion
- Vendor List
- About ListEdTech
Note: Our reports do not include detailed data. However, this information is available for purchase to portal subscribers.
Why Use the ListEdTech Portal?
408,000
product implementations tracked among 35 product categories
1,961
institutions, in our database, using a Retention Management system
67
Retention Management products in our database
List of Companies and Products in Retention Management
| Company | Product | Degree Type |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Progress Intelligence Inc. | ProgressIQ | HigherEd |
| AnswerNet Education Services | AnswerNet Education Services Retention Counselors | HigherEd |
| AnswerNet Education Services | Retention Essentials | HigherEd |
| Anthology | Anthology Engage | HigherEd |
| Anthology | Anthology Succeed | HigherEd |
| Anthology | Blackboard Retention Center | HigherEd |
| Anthology | Campus Labs platform | HigherEd |
| Anthology | Performance Dashboard and Early Warning System (Blackboard) | HigherEd |
| Appian | Digital Transformation Platform | HigherEd |
| Benchworks | Mapworks | HigherEd |
| CampusESP | CampusESP Platform | HigherEd |
| Civitas Learning | Civitas Learning Inspire | HigherEd |
| Civitas Learning | Illume | HigherEd |
| E2E Advising | E2E Advising | HigherEd |
| EAB | GradesFirst Advising Management | HigherEd |
| EAB | Navigate by EAB | HigherEd |
| EAB | Starfish CONNECT | HigherEd |
| EAB | Starfish EARLY ALERT | HigherEd |
| EAB | Starfish Enterprise Success Platform | HigherEd |
| EAB | Student Success Management System | HigherEd |
| EducationDynamics | Retention Services (EducationDynamics) | HigherEd |
| Ellucian | Colleague Retention Alert | HigherEd |
| Ellucian | Course Signals | HigherEd |
| ELumen | ELumen Platform | HigherEd |
| Engage2Serve | E2S Retain | HigherEd |
| Engineerica Systems | AccuCampus | HigherEd |
| Homegrown Systems | Homegrown Retention Management | HigherEd |
| InScribe | InScribe platform | HigherEd |
| InsideTrack | UCoach Platform | HigherEd |
| Jenzabar Inc. | Jenzabar One RT | HigherEd |
| Jenzabar Inc. | Jenzabar Retention | HigherEd |
| Jenzabar Inc. | Retention Management Solution | HigherEd |
| Pharos Resources | Pharos 360 | HigherEd |
| Ruffalo Noel Levitz | RNL Complete Enrollment | HigherEd |
| Salesforce Inc | Student Success Hub | HigherEd |
| SEAtS Software | SEAtS Student Success | HigherEd |
| Skyfactor | Mapworks | HigherEd |
| Smartevals | DropGuard | HigherEd |
| Solutionpath LTD | StREAM | HigherEd |
| Stellic | Stellic Advising | HigherEd |
| Symplicity Corporation | Insight by Symplicity | HigherEd |
| TargetX | Targetx Retention | HigherEd |
| Watermark | Watermark Student Success & Engagement | HigherEd |
| YOU at College | YOU at College platform | HigherEd |
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE DATA
How Does ListEdTech Gather Its Data?
We systematically aggregate and structure publicly available data—including official news releases, professional social media platforms, university portals, and corporate websites—to build our market insights.
Our dataset focuses extensively on:
- Company Profiles: Educational vendors, product classifications, and specific institutional characteristics.
- Institutional Tech Stacks: Primary and secondary systems supported by an institution.
- Market Dynamics: Product implementation timelines, contract details, RFP documentation, and decommission dates.
Data Quality & Accuracy Validation
To maintain strict data integrity, our research team cross-references and validates information directly at the source, managing more than 3 million historical data points with strict controls to prevent the overrepresentation of any single software solution.
As part of our continuous quality control framework, our database undergoes comprehensive monthly reviews, consistently achieving a verified 95% accuracy rate.
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- Blended Learning and Student RetentionWith all this talk of blended learning and how it’s a major contributor to student satisfaction and success, I wanted to see if it had an actual impact on retention rates. My vizualisations are based on 5208 American institutions and use data from the Intergrated Postsecondary Education Data System -specifically the percentage of students that… Read more: Blended Learning and Student Retention
Page updated on August 31, 2025.