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Ellucian Banner Student
Reston, Virginia, United States
What it is
Ellucian Banner Student is a web-based student information system for higher education institutions. Ellucian describes support across the learner lifecycle, from recruiting and admissions through student success and lifelong learning. Admissions capabilities include predictive analytics for high-intent prospects, automated campaigns, and checks for fraudulent applications. Student aid tools provide AI scholarship matching and help students understand costs and funding access. AI-powered curriculum governance supports program development, approvals, and catalog updates. For student success, Banner offers AI degree planning, early alerts for advisors, real-time retention analytics, degree audits, intervention workflows, and a student planning portal. Its brochure describes modular experiences, ready-made dashboards, and single sign-on. Ellucian Ethos connects people, processes, and technology across an institution. Banner includes controls intended to support regulations and accreditation standards. Ellucian says its Cloud Services are ISO 27001:2022 certified, with annual SOC reports available to customers. Pricing is available on request.
For and against
For
- Supports the full student lifecycle
- AI degree planning and scholarship matching
- Early alerts and intervention workflows
- Modular dashboards and single sign-on
- Degree audit and planning portal
Against
- Pricing is available on request
- Web platform with mobile access listed
- SaaS security responsibilities are shared
The verdict
Banner Student combines student information management with admissions, aid, curriculum, advising, and retention capabilities. Its institutional integrations and compliance controls support broad campus operations, while deployment security remains shared with customers.
Who it suits
Banner Student suits higher education institutions serving students, faculty, staff, advisors, registrars, and administrators. It fits organisations seeking admissions, curriculum, planning, advising, and student-success functions in one system.
On the record
- Admissions
- The product page describes predictive analytics for identifying high-intent prospects, automated campaigns, and checks for fraudulent applications.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Ellucian presents Banner as a solution for higher education institutions and their students, faculty, staff, advisors, registrars, and administrators.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Cloud security
- Ellucian says its Cloud Services are ISO 27001:2022 certified and that annual SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, and SOC 3 reports are available to customers.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Ellucian says Banner includes built-in controls intended to support regulations and accreditation standards.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Curriculum
- Ellucian describes AI-powered curriculum governance for program development, approvals, and catalog updates.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Banner brochure describes Ellucian Ethos as connecting people, processes, and technology across an institution.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Banner Student is Ellucian’s student information system for higher education institutions.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Shared responsibility
- Ellucian states that SaaS security is shared between Ellucian and its customers, with Ellucian handling more—but not all—security tasks in a full SaaS deployment.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Student aid
- The product page describes AI scholarship matching and tools intended to help students understand costs and access funding.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Student lifecycle
- Ellucian describes its student solutions as supporting learners from recruiting and admissions through student success and lifelong learning.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Student success
- Ellucian describes AI degree planning, early alerts for advisors, and real-time analytics for retention and student success.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- Ellucian describes itself as a technology partner that supports customers from implementation through outcomes.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
- User experience
- The Banner brochure describes a modular user experience, out-of-the-box dashboards, and single sign-on capabilities.ellucian.com · read 4 Oct 2026
