College Admission & the Independent Educational Consultant ...

A s s o c i a t i o n

Col lege Admission & the

Independent Educat ional Consultant

I E CA M E M B E R S H I P G R O W T H

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IECA¡¯s membership has more

than tripled in the last 10 years

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2016

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Only 4 in 10 high school

students reported receiving

ANY college-related

information from

their school counselor

60%

#4

IECs now

on list of

influencers of

high school

students on

college choice

of high

school seniors never

met with their

guidance counselor

(source: IQS Research)

(Replacing public

school counselors)

E d u c a t i o n a l

C o n s u l t a n t s

400

(source: Inside Higher Ed)

U.S. public high school students

receive an average of

minutes

of personal advising on College Admission

38

(IECA Members Provide Clients: 12 hours)

(source: U.S. Dept. of Education)

26% of high-achieving seniors hired an IEC in

their college search/application

process

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%

26

(source: Lipman Hearne/NRCCUA)

In public schools

there is a ratio of

476:1

student:counselor

(Among IECA Members it¡¯s 26:1)

(source: U.S. Dept. of Education)

87% of IECA members are

College Placement Experts, and most

of these members can advise on

college affordability issues

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Average number of campus visits

per year by IECA members:

22

The average IECA member

charges about 1/8 of the

amount often cited in

the press

Students who work with an

IECA member are 4x more likely

to attend private college

and are 3x more likely to attend

an out-of-state college

IECA members are

the most thoroughly

vetted and

ethical professionals

The fastest

growing segment

of IECs is international

college consultants

Independent Educational Consultants Association

3251 Old Lee Highway ? Suite 510 ? Fairfax, VA 22030

703-591-4850 ? info@ ?

? Independent Educational Consultants Association

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