AI voice agents for higher ed enrollment

Save your admissions team for students who are ready.

Thoughtly answers every inquiry in seconds, qualifies prospective students, and books advisor meetings — so your admissions team spends its time enrolling more students, not chasing leads.

Book a demo
Trusted by edtech and higher education
2UedXPodium Education
Customer story · Podium Education
This last cycle was the first time we were able to call every single one of our opportunities.
Eric Mackintosh
VP of Academic Operations, Podium Education
Watch how Podium Education reached 100% of its opportunities with Thoughtly
100+
University partners
Salesforce
CRM
4
Agents
See the full story
01
+47%
More connects vs. human-only
Enrollment teams using Thoughtly connect with 47% more leads than teams relying on human outreach alone.
02
5:1
ROI on Thoughtly spend
5x return on spend, measured at a real higher ed customer in Q1 2026.
03
100%
Inquiry coverage
Every inbound lead reached, including nights, weekends, and peak application season spikes when your team is stretched.
[01]
Built for your team.

Built for how enrollment actually runs.

First to respond, every time

Thoughtly calls within seconds of an inquiry, day or night — before a prospect fills out another school's form and moves on.

Warm handoffs, full context

Advisors open every meeting with degree fit, start term, and financial aid already captured and synced to your CRM.

On brand, per program

Give each program or partner its own script, persona, and caller ID — all running from a single Thoughtly account.

[02]
Where students drift.

Thoughtly catches students at every drop-off point.

Enrollment advising

The moment a student expresses interest, Thoughtly calls within seconds, answers their questions, and confirms degree fit, start term, and financial aid. When they're ready, it warm-transfers them to a live advisor or books the meeting.

Enrollment advisingSarah Chen
  1. Inquiry landed in Slate.T+0ssource = paid search · program = MSW · owner = unassigned
  2. Called Sarah — 52 seconds after the form.T+52ssla = under 60s ✓ · voice = Amelia · attempt = 1
  3. Fit, term, and aid confirmed.2 minfit = strong · start = Fall · aid = FAFSA + employer
  4. Warm-transferred to an advisor.4 mintransfer = live · hold = 0s · summary = attached
  5. Advisor meeting booked.End of callbooked = Thu Aug 8, 2pm · crm = synced · human touches = 1
[03]
Hear it work.

Examples of what your applicants would hear.

[04]
Common questions.

What higher education teams ask first.

  • Most higher education teams have their first agent live in about a month. Your customer success team handles the CRM connection, script setup, qualification logic, and advisor routing, with no engineering required on your side. If you are working toward a specific deadline, we can move faster with all hands on deck — tell us on the first call and we will work backward from it.

When every inquiry gets answered, every seat gets filled.

Book a demo and see your first agent live in about a month.