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Academic Cost Analytics for Higher Education

A better way to manage program efficiency.

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Connect cost data with mission, outcomes, and strategy

When complex cost data lives in siloed systems, critical expenses slip through the cracks–forcing difficult, preventable discussions and missed revenue opportunities. HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics unifies enrollment and payroll data so you can identify hidden costs, optimize faculty workload and investments, and protect your institution's bottom line. 

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Illuminate the cost of instruction with trusted insights

Your academic leaders should have the data they need at their fingertips when important questions about faculty hiring or program costs arise. Ensure everyone stays on the same page with academic cost analytics.

Monitor profitability at the course and program level

Contribution Margin Insights

Understand the financial performance of your academic portfolio including the margin profiles of courses, programs and departments to focus growth on high-margin programs and flag underperformance for review.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics example scatter plot that compares the financial margin per student credit hour to the total student credit hours for each academic department.

Align enrollment and scheduling

Course Capacity & Demand Insights

Optimize course offerings and scheduling by finding efficiencies that best align with enrollment trends and net tuition revenue. Plus eliminate chronically undersubscribed courses.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics dashboard example of consolidation opportunities at a university.

Balance faculty workloads

Instructor Workload Insights

Track instructional workload so you can better manage faculty activity, teaching assignments, and hiring requests.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics dashboard example analyzing faculty teaching loads and non-utilized instructional resources.

Monitor profitability at the course and program level

Contribution Margin Insights

Understand the financial performance of your academic portfolio including the margin profiles of courses, programs and departments to focus growth on high-margin programs and flag underperformance for review.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics example scatter plot that compares the financial margin per student credit hour to the total student credit hours for each academic department.

Align enrollment and scheduling

Course Capacity & Demand Insights

Optimize course offerings and scheduling by finding efficiencies that best align with enrollment trends and net tuition revenue. Plus eliminate chronically undersubscribed courses.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics dashboard example of consolidation opportunities at a university.

Balance faculty workloads

Instructor Workload Insights

Track instructional workload so you can better manage faculty activity, teaching assignments, and hiring requests.

HelioCampus Academic Cost Analytics dashboard example analyzing faculty teaching loads and non-utilized instructional resources.

How it works

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Flexible, self-service
data platform

Save valuable time when we connect your SIS, payroll, and HR systems, validate your data, and get your self-serve data platform up and running quickly.

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Program-focused,
data models

Our decades of experience combined with our established, yet customizable, data models ensure you're able to tap into the insights you need to build short- and long-term priorities.

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Expert
partnership

Our comprehensive implementation process guarantees our analysts are embedded with your team so you can confidently meet timelines, set internal expectations, and deliver new analyses as your needs evolve.

Protect your people and your mission with HelioCampus.

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See how institutions are innovating with Academic Cost Analytics

USC Upstate logo-1"[Academic Cost Analytics] has been really valuable in letting us identify which of our particular programs need to be online and which online programs should probably get marketed in a different way. We've been able to use [Academic Cost Analytics] to support a whole range of different decision-making processes."

Dr. Celena Kusch

Executive Director of Academic Innovation and Faculty Support

University of South Carolina Upstate

Suffolk University logo."We were able to count credits, count students, look at how revenue was generated, costs associated with instruction, and do so by utilizing source data that was consistent across all schools [with Academic Cost Analytics]."

Gary Fireman

Associate Provost for Assessment and Chief Data Officer

Suffolk University

Temple University logo_case study cover V2"The one thing that we didn't have was how do we understand the other big chunk of our payroll spend, which is the academic side...It's partnering with our schools and colleges on how to leverage this data from HelioCampus...and make it easier for them to understand the data that's sitting in front of them, rather than having to mine it themselves."

Jaison Kurichi

Associate Vice President for Budget and Planning

Temple University

Ball State Logo_Horizontal_LARGE (1)"I don't consider analytics a service that BSU outsourced...Instead, I consider the HelioCampus team to be part of our own team. They are very engaged and have augmented our team, adding real value"

Loren Malm

Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Ball State University

Ideas and inspiration to turn academic costs into clarity

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How USC Upstate Optimized Class Sizes and Course Sections with HelioCampus APM

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How Suffolk University used unified data to drive smarter academic and financial decisions

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Shine a light on your academic costs.

Move forward with precision when you entrust HelioCampus as your partner in data-driven transformation.

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