Webinar | Reversing Trends: How Defiance College Boosted New Student Enrollment & Decreased Their Discount Rate

View our recorded discussion with Defiance College to explore how Ardeo’s yield tool helped them increase new student enrollment by 78% for Fall 2024!

During the webinar, you will hear from Dr. Jeremy Taylor, Defiance’s Vice President for Enrollment Management, about how the college saw a significant increase in incoming first-year and transfer students this Fall – growing new student enrollment to 273 students in Fall 2024.

Why watch the webinar?

Hear directly from Defiance’s chief enrollment officer, Dr. Jeremy Taylor, why they chose to offer the program to all incoming new students and how LRAPs fit into their enrollment strategy for the 2024-25 cohort.
How LRAPs helped Defiance not only increase their new student enrollment, but also decrease their discount rate.
Learn how LRAPs can help you change enrollment decisions from “no” to “YES!” by removing the fear of student loan debt.

Explore more about Defiance's enrollment strategy, this year's success, and how they are planning to keep the momentum going for Fall 2025 and beyond.

Dr. Jeremy Taylor currently serves as the Vice President of Enrollment Management at Defiance College in Ohio since July 2023. He has worn many hats at Defiance College. Prior to his work in the Admissions Office, Dr. Taylor served as the Dean of the Institute for Career Readiness and Lifelong Learning, as well as the Dean of the McMaster School for Advancing Humanity. He is also a Professor of History at the college. Dr. Taylor originally hails from Copperas Cove, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University and the University of Texas-Pan American. He received his doctorate from the University of Arkansas.

Matt serves the needs of our clients and their students, bringing with him experience in a long, successful career in higher ed and a passion for helping students pursue their callings. He has extensive knowledge of the higher ed industry, having previously served in roles within student development, admissions, and for the majority of his career, in enrollment management where he oversaw financial aid and admissions for trad and non-trad programs. He was most recently the Vice President of Enrollment at Spring Arbor University, where he helped increase their main campus undergraduate enrollment by over 60% with Ardeo’s LRAPs. Matt earned a BS in education from Greenville University and an MA in sociology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Reversing Trends: How Defiance CollegeBoosted New Student Enrollment & Decreased Their Discount Rate