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Encoura Retention Surveys & Analytics
What it is
Encoura Retention Surveys & Analytics helps colleges identify students who may be at risk, understand their receptivity to assistance, and connect them with campus resources. Its portfolio includes the College Student Inventory, Mid-Year Student Assessment, Second-Year Student Assessment, and Student Retention Predictor. The College Student Inventory serves traditional undergraduates, transfer students, adult learners, online learners, and graduate students at two-year or four-year institutions. It is typically given after admission, during orientation, in a student seminar, or during the first weeks of a term. Its nationally normed data covers motivation, risk areas, receptivity to specific services, strengths, challenges, and re-enrollment plans. Mid-Year assessment examines changing academic and social needs, service-use gaps, and completion plans. The Second-Year assessment follows seven scales for second-year and transfer students, including academic confidence, commitment, and financial security. Student Retention Predictor combines analytics with consulting and supplies individual and group insights plus risk indicators. Reports summarize data for classes, subpopulations, and individuals. Pricing is available by request, with a complimentary consultation offered.
For and against
For
- Covers multiple student assessment stages
- Provides nationally normed College Student Inventory data
- Reports individual and group risk indicators
- Includes consultant guidance
- Offers intervention workflows and at-risk alerts
Against
- Pricing is available by request
- No free plan
- No free trial
- Designed for higher education institutions
The verdict
Encoura combines retention surveys, reporting, analytics, and consulting for institutional student-success work. Its assessments address entry, mid-year, and second-year needs, while the Predictor adds risk indicators and group or individual insights.
Who it suits
It is designed for colleges seeking survey-based retention insights and intervention support. The stated audiences include students across traditional, transfer, adult, online, graduate, two-year, and four-year settings.
Plans and prices
Encoura Retention Surveys & Analytics
Pricing available by request; page links to “Check Prices & Order Today”
Read 4 Oct 2026 · encoura.org
On the record
- Assessment reports
- Motivational assessment reports provide actionable summary data for classes, subpopulations, and individual students.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Assessment timing
- The College Student Inventory is typically administered after admittance, during orientation, in a student seminar, or within the first weeks of a term.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Company background
- Encoura says it serves higher education institutions with data, research, consulting, and technology, and describes a history spanning more than 50 years.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Compliance scope
- Encoura lists Student Success as GovRAMP Progressing (Snapshot); its page lists ISO/IEC 27001 scope for MyEncoura, Reach, Engage, Encompass, and Raise.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Consultant support
- Encoura says customers can contact an experienced consultant for guidance and assistance throughout use of the surveys.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- CSI audience
- The College Student Inventory is for traditional undergraduates, transfer students, adult learners, online learners, and graduate students at two-year or four-year institutions.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- CSI data
- The College Student Inventory reports on student motivation, risk areas, receptivity to specific services, and plans for re-enrollment.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Mid-year assessment
- The Mid-Year Student Assessment identifies changing academic and social needs, gaps between receptivity to services and service use, and students’ completion plans.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- National norms
- The College Student Inventory provides nationally normed data on students’ strengths, challenges, and receptivity to support.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Predictor analytics
- Student Retention Predictor combines student retention analytics with retention consulting and provides individual and group insights plus student risk indicators.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- Pricing availability
- The product page offers a complimentary consultation and directs visitors to check prices and order, but does not display a price.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The surveys and analytics help institutions identify at-risk students, assess receptivity to assistance, and connect students with campus resources.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Reports
- Assessment reports provide actionable data for a class, subpopulations, and individual students.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Scale
- Encoura reports that 2.6 million first- and second-year students have taken its retention surveys and 1,400 institutions have administered them.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Second-year assessment
- The Second-Year Student Assessment is for second-year and transfer students and tracks seven scales, including academic confidence, commitment, and financial security.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- Encoura says it encrypts data in transit and at rest and uses role-based access controls, continuous monitoring, vulnerability assessments, and penetration testing.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security scope
- Encoura lists TX-RAMP coverage for Student Success and GovRAMP Progressing status for Student Success.encoura.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Student audiences
- The College Student Inventory is for traditional undergraduates, transfer students, adult learners, online learners, and graduate students at two-year or four-year institutions.encoura.org · read 3 Oct 2026
