Data Quality for Educational Institutions | Melissa

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Improve Communication With Students & Alumni With Clean, Standardized Data

How Melissa Helps Educational Institutions

In an increasingly data-driven world, data quality is an issue educational institutions can no longer ignore. Data entry errors and variations in data result in lost opportunities to communicate with students, alumni and faculty. Melissa’s data quality solutions provide universities with the tools they need to verify address data, remove duplicate records and locate individuals who have moved. Work with us to:

Stay in Touch With Students & Recent Grads

Melissa’s flexible, easy to use verification and data quality solutions make it easy for educational institutions to find and stay up to date with prospective, current and former students, enhance fundraising efforts, and cut down on costs associated with inefficient mailing and marketing.

Global Address Verification

Ensure fundraising letters, admission packets, tuition statements & alumni newsletters reach their intended recipients in a timely manner by verifying addresses.

Change of Address Processing

Update the addresses of students & alumni who move by matching your records against the USPS® NCOALink® database. Melissa is a non-exclusive NCOALink® Full Service Provider Licensee of USPS® & an NCOALink® developer.

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Address Autocompletion

Autofill & validate addresses at point of entry to enhance data capture & ensure only accurate data is entered into your system.


Record Deduplication

Merge & purge duplicate student data to get an accurate view of each student & alumnus.

Data Append

Fill in gaps in your contact data such as missing address elements, emails or phone numbers to reach students, alumni and prospects across multiple channels.


IDENTITY VERIFICATION

Reduce fraud with payments & financial aid by implementing quick, comprehensive electronic identity checks.




Case Study: The University of Washington

The University of Washington wanted to amplify their fundraising efforts. By cleaning, updating and enhancing their data, they were able to increase their revenue ten-fold with Melissa’s Data Quality Suite.


View University of Washington Case Study

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