College Pulse
College Pulse is a B2B analytics company based in San Francisco, specializing in online surveys to gauge the perspectives and behaviors of university students across the U.S., serving sectors like education, politics, and consumer goods.
Services
College Pulse specializes in online surveys dedicated to understanding the mindsets, inclinations, and actions of current university students. The company offers insights to various sectors including higher education, politics, religion, and consumer goods. They provide tools for businesses to identify top employment prospects, help political leaders shape student-centric policies, and guide students in finding their perfect academic home. Furthermore, College Pulse ensures the protection and privacy of collected data by anonymizing and aggregating it before sharing with clients.
Company Locations and Team
College Pulse is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA, and operates with a fully remote team setup. The company has a small team size of eight members. They operate predominantly within the B2B sector, focusing specifically on analytics.
Industry and Market Focus
College Pulse operates within the B2B industry, with a specialization in analytics. They cater primarily to the United States and regions including America, Canada, and fully remote areas. The company emerged from the S18 batch of Y-Combinator, a renowned startup accelerator. College Pulse conducts surveys at over 1,500 institutions across all 50 states, having gathered data from more than 675,000 college students and alumni.
Survey Projects and Methodology
College Pulse requires responses from at least 100 students per institution for major projects like the 2024 WSJ/College Pulse Rankings and the 2024 Freedom of Speech Dashboard. To increase student participation, institutions are requested to whitelist certain domains, IP ranges, and email addresses to prevent emails from being marked as spam. They also provide a form for institutions to be notified about forthcoming surveys and to share direct links with students, ensuring smooth participation.
Challenges in Survey Participation
One of the challenges faced by College Pulse is email delivery, as outreach emails are often misinterpreted as spam by providers, limiting student participation. To address this, the company asks institutions to whitelist certain domains, IP ranges, and email addresses. Despite these challenges, College Pulse remains committed to compensating students immediately for their participation in surveys.