Membership

Your membership in the National CCAA is an investment in the successful future of Catholic higher education and in your continued success as an institution that offers the advantages of this education to students.

Admission offices of Catholic colleges and universities are eligible for membership in the National CCAA. The 2024-25 membership cycle runs from   September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2025. We encourage schools to submit their membership forms and payment by August 1, 2024 in order to take advantage of all the membership benefits during the 2024-25 cycle.  

If you are from a Catholic college or university, you should have received an email regarding 2024-25 membership in June 2024. If you did not receive our email, or are interested in joining the membership or renewing your membership, please contact the National Office at info@nationalccaa.org.

 

 

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Benefits of Membership

Membership in the National CCAA can substantially benefit your institution:

An increased online presence

Students and parents regularly visit the National CCAA website as a first stop for researching Catholic higher education, searching for members, and requesting information. Your presence on the site keeps your institution visible in students’ searches for Catholic universities and colleges. Requests for information about your institution through the National CCAA website are shared with you to include in your inquiry pool. We launched our redesigned website in late 2019 and saw a 48% increase in visitors over the previous year. 

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Participation in consortium recruitment programs

National CCAA consortium recruitment programs allow admission representatives from our member schools a chance to connect with prospective students interested in Catholic higher education while offering an opportunity to network with secondary school counselors and fellow admission representatives from other Catholic colleges and universities. National CCAA consortium recruitment trips are typically offered annually in Puerto Rico, Texas, and Chicago. We may offer additional virtual recruitment opportunities focusing on more specific areas, such as transfer students and international students.

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Data and real-time information sharing

We understand the importance of connecting with other National CCAA members and institutions. To facilitate this connection throughout the academic year, we will again offer voluntary data and real-time information sharing between our members, along with regular virtual communication outlets. These virtual connections will allow National CCAA members to network with each other and stay informed of trends happening during the admission cycle.

*A note to our members: we launched our National CCAA member data share on September 24, 2020. If your institution is interested in participating, or you would like more information about the data share, please contact National CCAA President, Eric Nichols (Loyola University Maryland).

In spring 2023, we announced our partnership with MARKETview to provide additional enrollment data analysis, quarterly data insights, and Catholic cohort specific enrollment data for our members. In addition, MARKETview will also provide National CCAA members financial incentives and preferred pricing to join MARKETview, designed to make it easy to get a partnership underway. 

Access to top research in the field

The National CCAA partners with many organizations to provide you with essential research specific to Catholic higher education. This oftentimes includes special presentations at our annual membership meeting where nationally recognized presenters share findings and strategies that can help guide your enrollment decisions.

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Access to scholarships for your students

The National CCAA First-Year Scholarship is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship offered annually to college-bound high school seniors and The National CCAA Transfer Scholarship is a one-time, $1,000 scholarship offered annually to transfer students from two-year/community colleges who matriculate to one of our National CCAA member institutions in the fall.  In 2023, we received over 2,830 applications for the National CCAA scholarships. For fall 2023, 20 students from around the world were awarded scholarships and will be attending one of our member institutions. 

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Regular outreach to secondary and independent counselors

We currently have over 8,000 counselors from all over the world in our database and will continue to help promote Catholic higher education and our member institutions through virtual Counselor Town Hall sessions and counselor newsletters. We plan to extend Counselor Town Hall invitations and send newsletters to all of the counselors in our ever-growing database. National CCAA members will have the opportunity to participate in both Town Hall sessions and newsletters, which is a great way to connect with counselors, engage in professional development, and promote your institution.

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Partnerships that benefit members

The National CCAA collaborates with organizations that support our mission to be leaders in promoting Catholic higher education. We are an affiliate member of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), sharing our expertise with college presidents through ACCU. We also partner with the Higher Education Consultants Association (HECA), a professional organization focused exclusively on the practice of independent college admissions, consulting with members who expertly work to guide students through the transition from high school to college.  Other partners include the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), the National Hispanic Institute (NHI), and the Independent Educational Consultants Association (ICEA).

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"Our membership with the National CCAA supports a mutual commitment to our students and allows us a space with which to speak with a collective voice among other Catholic college and university members. The visibility, recruitment opportunities, and support that we receive are invaluable to our institution."

– Ryan Konkright, Vice President for Enrollment Management, St. Mary's University (TX)