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Higher Education Website Design & Redesign Agency

Build a university website that works as hard as your marketing team.

We transform complex higher ed websites into accessible, high-performing experiences that improve program discovery, engage prospective students, and support enrollment growth.

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Is Your Website Helping or Hurting Enrollment?

Your website should be one of your hardest-working enrollment tools—not another hurdle for prospective students.

We help colleges and universities simplify complex digital experiences, improve academic program discovery, strengthen SEO and AI search visibility, meet accessibility standards, and create clearer pathways from exploration to inquiry and application.

The result is a website that works harder for your students, your marketing team, and your enrollment goals.

Enrollment-Driven Website Strategy

Turn Student Interest Into Action

We understand what prospective students are looking for—and how they make decisions. So much so, we built ikiGuide, an AI-powered Academic Program Discovery & Student Conversion Platform, inspired by the principles of ikigai—helping students connect what they love, what they’re good at, and what they value with the right academic path.

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Triumphant Partnerships

Institutions We’ve Served

Since 2005, ERI has partnered with colleges and universities across the country to create high-performing digital experiences. Our higher education expertise spans strategy, UX and content, accessibility, SEO and AEO, WordPress, Drupal and Modern Campus development, hosting, and ongoing support.

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Muhlenberg College
Northwood University logo featuring a stylized "N" in a blue square, next to the words "Northwood University" in uppercase blue letters on a light background, reflecting the professionalism our clients appreciate.
Susquehanna University Logo
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Stevens Institute of Technology
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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The culmination of our collaboration with ERI was a revitalized, mobile-first design system grounded on user-friendly interactive features, inspiring videos featuring our diverse student body, and a personalized system of navigation for all audience members.

Kelly Lin

Director of Marketing & Communications

Redesigning Valpo’s website for the first time in many years was a major undertaking, and ERI approached the project with genuine enthusiasm and a clear commitment to helping us move such a large initiative forward. They took the time to understand our mission, our audiences, and the complexity of our needs, and brought thoughtful guidance throughout the process. We appreciated their willingness to listen, collaborate, and adapt as the project evolved. It was evident that the team cared deeply about delivering a strong outcome for Valpo and supporting us through an important moment in our digital evolution.
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Nicki Kollar

Director of Marketing & Brand Management, Valparaiso University

Working with ERI was a seamless and collaborative experience. Their expertise and creativity transformed our site and will be able to stand the test of time. They navigated challenges professionally and kept the project on track from start to finish. We're very pleased with the results and highly recommend ERI.

Amy Hazel

Director of Digital Strategy, Susquehanna University

We could not have chosen a better partner than ERI! And the fact that you pulled it off with such an aggressive timeline is nothing short of impressive! The entire team at ERI has been a pleasure to work with and we appreciate your level of professionalism and expertise – especially in the higher ed space.

Rachel Valdiserri

Director of Marketing & Communications

We partnered with ERI to deliver a refreshed, top-level website for Muhlenberg College. ERI quickly identified opportunities to create a site that would engage and inspire perspective students to act, recommend and built interactive new features, dramatically improved the user experience, and ensured all new pages and features were rigorously quality tested. Their rock solid technical expertise paired with their sophisticated understanding of the College’s needs delivered a project that was on time, on budget, and exceeded the client’s expectations.

Melanie Moran

Former Interim VP of Marketing & Communications

Our Approach

Our Proven Process for University Website Redesigns

By applying our signature RDS Method (Research. Discovery. Strategy).

This formula for success is rooted in the simple belief that extraordinary results can be accomplished by taking a four-dimensional approach.

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We Investigate

Research, Discovery & Strategy

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We Ideate

Design & Planning

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We Build

Development & Technical Execution

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We Deliver

Deploy, Measure Results & Provide Ongoing Support

Our Expertise

Built for Higher Ed. Designed for Results.

We create accessible, high-performing websites that make it easier for students to discover, explore, and take action—while giving your team a flexible platform that’s easy to manage and built to evolve.

Strategy

Content Strategy & Audits

User Personas

Strategic Messaging & Storytelling

Institutional Web Governance

Brand & Digital Strategy

ADA Accessibility

Design

Information Architecture & Wireframes

UX & UI Responsive Design

Interactive Prototypes

Design Systems

Usability Testing

Development

Full-Stack Development

WordPress CMS

Drupal CMS

Modern Campus CMS

Intranet & Portal Development

Ecommerce Solutions

CRM Integrations (Slate, Salesforce, Hubspot, etc.)

Accessibility Compliance

AI Integrations

Support

SEO, GEO & Analytics

Technical & Content Support

Enterprise Managed Hosting

Monitoring, Maintenance & Support

CMS Training

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Accolades

We Deliver Award Winning Work

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Higher Ed Insights

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The Purpose-Driven Website

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Higher Education Website FAQs

The cost depends on the size and complexity of your website, CMS, integrations, content migration, and project goals. ERI develops a customized scope and budget based on your institution’s specific needs rather than a one-size-fits-all package.

Most higher education website redesigns take approximately 10–18 months from discovery through launch. Timelines vary based on project scope, stakeholder involvement, content migration, integrations, and institutional approval processes.

There’s no single CMS that’s right for every institution. We help colleges and universities evaluate their requirements and select an open source (WordPress, Drupal) or a proprietary CMS platform that balances flexibility, security, accessibility, scalability, and ease of use.

Accessibility is built into our strategy, UX, design, development, and testing process from the start. We design and develop with WCAG 2.2 AA standards in mind and can also support accessibility audits and ongoing remediation.

Yes. We have experience planning and executing complex content migrations involving thousands of pages, multiple content types, subsites, and distributed content owners. We use migration as an opportunity to clean up, consolidate, and improve content—not simply move it.

Yes, our Slate Soltuions Architect leads this process. We can integrate higher education websites and digital experiences with Slate to support inquiry forms, lead capture, personalization, student portals, and other enrollment-focused experiences.

SEO is considered throughout the redesign—from information architecture and content strategy to technical SEO, redirects, structured data, analytics, and launch planning. Our goal is to protect your existing search equity while creating new opportunities for organic growth.

Yes. Our Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) approach helps institutions structure and strengthen website content so it can be more easily discovered, understood, and cited by AI-powered search and answer engines alongside traditional search.

Yes. ERI provides ongoing website support, hosting, CMS maintenance, accessibility, analytics, SEO and AEO, performance optimization, and strategic guidance to help your website continue to evolve after launch.