Ellucian Banner Student is a web-based student information system for higher education institutions. Ellucian describes its student solutions as supporting learners from recruitment and admissions through student success and lifelong learning. Admissions capabilities include predictive analytics to identify high-intent prospects, automated campaigns, and checks for fraudulent applications. Student aid features include AI scholarship matching and tools to help students understand costs and access funding. Curriculum governance supports program development, approvals, and catalog updates. For student success, Banner offers AI degree planning, early alerts for advisors, and real-time analytics related to retention and student success. It also includes degree audits, intervention workflows, and a student planning portal. The brochure describes a modular user experience with ready-made dashboards and single sign-on. Ellucian Ethos is described as connecting people, processes, and technology across an institution. Banner includes controls intended to support regulations and accreditation standards. Ellucian says its Cloud Services are ISO 27001:2022 certified and that annual SOC 1, SOC 2 Type II, and SOC 3 reports are available to customers. Pricing is on request.
Who it is for
Banner Student is intended for higher education institutions and their students, faculty, staff, advisors, registrars, and administrators. Its planning and advising tools are relevant to institutions supporting students across the academic lifecycle.
What is good
- Supports admissions through student success workflows.
- Includes degree planning, audits, and early alerts.
- Offers a student planning portal and intervention workflows.
- Includes controls intended to support regulations and accreditation.
What to know first
- Pricing is available on request only.
- SaaS security responsibilities are shared with customers.
Verdict
Banner Student covers student processes from admissions to advising and student success, with tools for students and institutional staff. Institutions should clarify pricing and their security responsibilities for a SaaS deployment.
Compared on course registration software
- Degree audit
- Yes
- Degree planning
- Yes
- Early alerts
- Yes
- Intervention workflows
- Yes
- Student planning portal
- Yes
- Mobile access
- mobile
