Text Messaging Built for Higher Education

Reach students faster, simplify campus communication, and increase engagement with real-time, two-way texting—built for modern university workflows.

What You Can Do With TextUs

Explore powerful ways businesses use texting to connect, convert, and grow. From client outreach to CRM integration—SMS delivers real results.

Boost Enrollment with Fast, Personalized Outreach

Text students directly with admissions reminders, event invites, and next-step nudges.

Prospective students expect convenience and speed. TextUs helps your admissions team cut through the noise with personalized messages that get seen and get responses—making it easier to nurture applicants, answer questions, and increase yield.

Keep Students Informed and Engaged

Make sure every student sees—and acts on—important updates in real-time.

From financial aid deadlines to class cancellations, students rely on fast, clear communication. TextUs gives your team the tools to deliver timely updates, reduce missed messages, and engage students in a format they prefer—text.

Simplify Communication Across Departments

Give your team a shared platform to reduce email overload and boost response rates.

Colleges and universities run on collaboration—and TextUs helps make it seamless. Whether you're coordinating between departments or updating faculty on a schedule change, our shared inboxes and automation features help your team stay aligned and efficient.

Power of Text Messaging

Discover powerful stats that highlight just how fast, effective, and preferred SMS is compared to other channels. The numbers speak for themselves.

Why Higher Ed Teams Are Turning to SMS

Text messaging delivers the speed, engagement, and flexibility colleges need to connect with students at every stage.

89%

Of consumers prefer texting for business communication

95%

Of Texts are Read Within 3 Minutes

45%

Response Rate for SMS vs. 6% for Email

45%

Response rate for SMS vs. 6% for email

95%

Texts are read within 3 minutes

82%

Of College Students Prefer Texting Over Email for School Updates

Enterprise-Level SMS that Keeps Your Campus Moving

Whether you're coordinating with faculty, staff, or student workers, TextUs delivers real-time communication that improves visibility, reduces no-shows, and keeps everyone aligned.

The Preferred SMS Platform for Modern Agencies

TextUs helps marketing agencies and their clients convert more, connect smarter, and improve marketing performance. Whether you're managing lead generation for your own agency or running SMS campaigns for hundreds of clients, TextUs brings speed, scale, and data visibility to every conversation and conversion.

Create New Value for Your Clients

With white-label options, robust integrations, and automated outreach, you can turn SMS into a premium service that drives strong ROI for your clients and makes your agency stand out.

Streamline Shift Scheduling, Campus Operations, and Internal Updates

TextUs makes it easy for higher ed and trade school teams to manage logistics through SMS that is faster than email, and more effective than calling. Notify student workers of shift changes, alert facilities teams of urgent issues, or broadcast campus-wide updates in seconds

Resources

Texting Smarter Starts Here

Get expert advice, how-to guides, and stories from teams using texting to boost placements and save time.

Webinar

SMM vs. SMS: Which Is Better For Customer Engagement?

In this webinar, TextUs and Cloud Campaign discuss how to drive maximum engagement using SMM and SMS marketing strategies.

Template

Holiday Recruiting Text Message Templates

If you are hiring seasonal help in retail or hospitality, you need these SMS templates to recruit the staff to deliver a quality customer experience.

Case Study

How Barilla Uses TextUs for Employee Engagement

Barilla chose TextUs as a mass text messaging service to enhance employee communication. TextUs is easy to use for HR teams.

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