This is the third straight year CollegeAPP has been acknowledged among the fastest-growing privately held firms in the United States.
Our trajectory reflects a lasting transformation in how colleges and universities find, engage, and enroll adult students.”— Sean Godlewski, Co-Founder – CollegeAPPLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, CA, UNITED STATES, August 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — At a time when colleges, universities, and state workforce boards are grappling with unprecedented hurdles in linking education and training to high-demand careers, CollegeAPP has once again earned a spot on Inc. Magazine’s list of the nation’s fastest-expanding private companies.
Being named to the Inc. 5000 in 2026 marks the third year in a row that CollegeAPP’s expansion has received this distinction. Among the 5,000 firms that achieved this honor, CollegeAPP claimed the 4th position among those operating within the higher education space.
Sean Godlewski, co-founder of the company, remarked “Our trajectory reflects a lasting transformation in how colleges and universities find, engage, and enroll adult students. CollegeAPP’s partners and clients are moving away from outdated methods and adopting proprietary approaches to pinpoint the adults who genuinely plan to register for education and training.”
CollegeAPP’s platform combines continuous survey research—gathered from hundreds of thousands of adult respondents—with a repository of more than 264 million U.S. adults. This produces individualized predictive modeling that isolates the 1 in 4 adults who are actively considering pursuing higher education or job training. CollegeAPP currently serves over 300 institutions nationwide and is adding roughly ten new institutions per month on average.
“The way higher education recruits has been completely transformed,” said Jack MacKenzie, Founder and CEO of Adult Prospect Pipeline (CollegeAPP and CareerAPP). “Institutions can no longer rely on demographic or persona-based marketing campaigns and hope for the best. Earning a top-5 position in Higher Education on the Inc. 5000 list confirms what our more than 300 partner institutions witness every day: when you target adult learners at the individual level using genuine intent, enrollment rates climb, cost per lead drops, and adults are connected to programs that truly alter their lives.”
CollegeAPP’s three-year growth trajectory aligns with the company’s dedication to ongoing innovation. Over the last three years, CollegeAPP has rolled out more than 25 new predictive models to enable more targeted outreach to prospective adult learners. These models incorporate each person’s educational drivers and barriers, most likely field of study, and prior level of education.
“Every company on the Inc. 5000 has a narrative of determination, wise choices, and a refusal to stand still,” says Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “Their growth signifies more than just solid financial results—it signifies imagination, resilience, and the customer dedication required to create companies that produce a lasting effect.”
About CollegeAPP
CollegeAPP (adultprospectpipeline.com / yourcollegeapp.com) is the premier data science and predictive analytics platform powering intent-based recruitment for higher education institutions, community college systems, and workforce development agencies. Built on the nation's largest continuous survey of adult educational intent, CollegeAPP equips higher-ed leaders with person-level insights, targeted media strategy, and actionable audience data to drive measurable enrollment growth.
About Inc.
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Kayce OBrien
Adult Propsect Pipeline / CollegeAPP
kayce@yourcollegeapp.com
