Guide to Higher Ed Admissions & Enrollment Management Conferences in 2025

Are you looking for new enrollment management strategies and trends? Interested in connecting with potential enrollment management service partners? If so, attending an admissions or enrollment management conference this year could be a great addition to your plans!

To help you plan your schedule, we've compiled a list of the most popular conferences higher education admissions and enrollment leaders attend. For each event, you'll see:

• A link to the event website
• The main focus of the conference
• Dates of the event
• Location
• Registration fees

Be sure to bookmark this page and use it throughout the year!

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Higher Education Admissions Conferences in 2025

January 2025

Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting

• What: General Higher Education
• When: January 22-24, 2025
• Where: Washington, DC
• Registration Fees:
  • Members: $680 - $730
  • Non-Members: $970 - $1,010

February 2025

American Marketing Association 2025 Winter Academic Conference

• What: Marketing
• When:
  • Virtual: February 10, 2025
  • In-person: February 14-16, 2025
• Where: Phoenix, AZ
• Registration Fees:
  • Member, In-person: $649 - $749
  • Non-member, In-person: $849 - $949
  • Member, Virtual: $129
  • Non-member, Virtual: $299

InsightsEDU  2025 Conference

• What: Enrollment Management
• When: February 12-14, 2025
• Where: New Orleans, LA
• Registration Fees:
  • Team: $2,645 - $2,945
  • Individual: $845 - $995

National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (NAICU) Annual Meeting & Advocacy Day

• What: General Higher Education 
• When: February 2-5, 2025
• Where: Washington, D.C.
• Registration Fees:
  • Member: $776 - $826
  • Non-member: $830 - $876

American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Annual Convention 

• What: Student Affairs
• When: February 16-19
• Where: Long Beach, CA
• Registration Fees:
  • Member, Full Convention: $529 - $679
  • Member, One-Day: $139 - $259
  • Non-member, Full Convention: $729 - $879
  • Non-member, One-Day: $199 - $309

March 2025

SXSW EDU Conference and Festival 

• What: Enrollment Management 
• When: March 3-6, 2025
• Where: Austin, TX 
• Registration Fees:
  • Starting at $595

University Professional & Continuing Education (UPCEA) Annual Conference

• What: General Higher Education
• When: March 24-26, 2025
• Where: Denver, CO
• Registration Fees: 
  • Member: $999-1,374
  • Non-member: $1,325 - $1,700

April 2025

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) Annual Meeting

• What: Enrollment Management
• When: March 30 - April 2, 2025
• Where: Seattle, WA
• Registration Fees:
  • Member: $600-$1,160
  • Non-Member: $700-$1,360

LEADSCON

• What: Marketing
• When: April 7-9, 2025
• Where: Las Vegas, NV
• Registration Fees: Starting at $999; Rates will increase closer to the event

Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate

• What: Online Education
• When: April 1-4, 2025
• Where: Nashville, TN
• Registration Fees:
  • Member: $399 - $449
  • Non-Member: $524 - $574

Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Annual Conference

• What: General Higher Education
• When: April 5-8, 2025
• Where: Chicago, IL
• Registration Fees:
  • Member: $735 - $935
  • Non-member: $935 - $1,135

ASU+GSV Summit

• What: Education Technology 
• When: April 6-9, 2025
• Where: San Diego, CA
• Registration Fees: $1,600 - $5,250
  

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Annual Conference

• What: Community College Leadership
• When: April 12-16, 2025
• Where: Nashville, TN
• Registration Fees:
  • Base Registration: $850 - $1,250
  • All Access Registration: $1,100 - $1,500

National Association for Graduate Enrollment Management (NAGAP) Graduate Enrollment Management Summit

• What: Graduate Enrollment Management
• When: April 23-26, 2025
• Where: San Francisco, CA
• Registration Fees:
  • Member: $800 - $1,000
  • Non-Member: $1,025 - $1,275

May 2025

Digital Universities US, from Inside Higher Ed and Times Higher Education

• What: Digital Transformation in Higher Education 
• When: May 5-7, 2025
• Where: Salt Lake City, UT
• Registration Fees: $449 - $599

CECU North American Career Education Convention

• What: Enrollment Management
• When: May 27-29, 2025
• Where: Las Vegas, NV
• Registration Fees:
  • Full Conference Attendee, starting at $585
  • Daily Attendee, starting at $495

June 2025

Watermark Engage

• What: Higher Education Administration
• When: June 4-6, 2025
• Where: Washington, DC
• Registration Fees: Starting at $349

July 2025

eduWeb Digital Summit Annual Conference

• What: Marketing
• When: July 15-17, 2025
• Where: Portland, ME
• Registration Fees: $1,125 - $1,250

Distance Learning Administration (DLA) Conference 

• What: Distance Education
• When: July 27-30, 2025
• Where: Jekyll Island, GA
• Registration Fees: Starting at $475

ACT Enrollment Management Summit

• What: Enrollment Management
• When: July 15-17, 2025
• Where: Nashville, TN
• Registration Fees: Starting at $600

UPCEA Summit for Online Leadership and Administration (SOLAR) Conference 

• What: Digital Transformation, Innovation, and Strategic Leadership
• When: July 22-24, 2025
• Where: Portland, OR
• Registration Fees: 
  • Member: $945 - $1,245
  • Non-Member: $1,345 - $1,645

National Small Colleges Enrollment Conference (NSCEC) Annual Conference

• What: Enrollment Management
• When: July 28-30, 2025
• Where: Charlotte, NC
• Registration Fees: 
  • Workshop and Conference Admission: $500 - $700
  • Conference Admission Only: $400 - $500

August 2025

American Marketing Association Summer Academic Conference

• What: Marketing
• When:
  • Virtual: August 18, 2025
  • In-Person: August 22-24, 2025
• Where: Chicago, IL
• Registration Fees:
  • Member, In-person: Starting at $649
  • Member, Virtual: Starting at $129
  • Non-member, In-person: Starting at $849
  • Non-member, Virtual: Starting at $299

September 2025

National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) Annual Conference

• What: Admissions and Enrollment Management 
• When: September 18-20, 2025
• Where: Columbus, OH
• Registration Fees: TBA

October 2025

Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) Annual Conference 

• What: Enrollment Management 
• When: October 13-15, 2025
• Where: Milwaukee, WI
• Registration Fees: TBA

Educause Annual Conference

• What: Higher Ed IT 
• When: October 27-30, 2025
• Where: Nashville, TN & Online
• Registration Fees: TBA

November 2025

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) SEM Conference

• What: Enrollment management
• When: November 9-12, 2025
• Where: Las Vegas, NV
• Registration Fees: TBA

How to Apply What Your Team Learns at Admissions and Enrollment Management Conferences

Whether you attend 1 or 10 of the conferences above, you'll leave with many ideas and strategies to improve your admissions performance and boost enrollment.

But how do you prioritize which enrollment management strategies to focus on first? 

To answer this question, you need to understand the current state of your admissions funnel in relation to competing institutions who have attended these same conferences. Seeing the "snapshot" of your current state will help you prioritize which strategies to implement or change to have the biggest impact on increasing enrollment at your institution.

Download the Higher Ed Admissions Funnel Guide to compare your metrics against the standard benchmarks for higher ed institutions and identify your biggest opportunities for improvement: