College Pulse · Feb 2026
College Pulse published a new report with Rize Education on how high school and undergraduate students view online and hybrid learning in the residential college experience.
Research and analytics company focused on college students.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
College Pulse is a San Francisco-based online survey and analytics company focused on the college-student demographic. It operates a large verified student panel and sells custom research, brand-tracking, and syndicated research products to academic, nonprofit, and commercial clients.
Primary product
Online survey and analytics platform for college-student opinion, including custom research, brand trackers, syndicated reports, and a verified student panel.
Founded
2016
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Industry
Market Research
Sub-industry
Online survey and analytics
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
custom research services
syndicated reports
panel-based survey analytics
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$1.7M
Latest round
Seed · Apr 2019
Latest amount
$1.5M
People & investors
Founders
Robin Jayaswal
Co-founder and former CTO
Work & culture
Public evidence points to a student-first, mission-driven, research-rigorous culture that emphasizes methodological rigor, fast turnaround, and collaboration with academic, nonprofit, and brand partners.
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Public review signals on LinkedIn show a 3.2/5 employer rating with compensation rated 2.7/5 (3 reviews), suggesting mixed compensation sentiment.
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based B2B custom research and syndicated-report sales; no public self-serve pricing found.
Differentiators
- —Verified American College Student Panel with .edu enrollment checks
- —Large national panel spanning 1,500+ institutions in all 50 states
- —Student-first, low-friction survey experience via mobile app and web portal
- —Methodology includes post-stratification weighting against CPS, NPSAS, and IPEDS
- —Public research and rankings products that make the data highly visible and reusable
Technology
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Google Tag Manager
Tailwind CSS
Cloudflare Rocket Loader
Google Search Console
ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS
Customers
academic researchers
think tanks
global brands
Knight Foundation
Chegg
Siena College Research Institute
McKinsey & Company
Dartmouth College
The Wall Street Journal
FIRE
Buckley Institute
Rize Education
Duolingo
ACTA
Competitors
EdSights
Innovare
Explorance
Possip
Student Monitor
FuzeMee
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$5M-$25M
Estimated monthly visits
102.2K
Traffic estimate as of May 2026
Latest news
College Pulse · Feb 2026
College Pulse published the 2025 Yale Undergraduate Survey with the Buckley Institute, focused on student attitudes toward free speech, political expression, and contemporary policy debates.
College Pulse · Jan 2026
College Pulse published a report with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni on students' knowledge of American history, science, and literature.
College Pulse · Jan 2026
College Pulse and ACTA published a survey on free-speech campus culture at Virginia's public universities.
College Pulse · Nov 2025
College Pulse and Duolingo released a report on international students' application experiences, destination-country choices, and future planning.
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