Unigo is an
crowdsourced
Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digit ...
review website for colleges and universities. The company was founded in 2008.
History
The company was founded by Jordan Goldman, a
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the Methodi ...
alumnus, in 2008. The website hosts crowdsourced reviews of colleges and universities from students and admissions counselors, as well as photos and videos. In 2012, the site launched AbsoluteAdmit, a college applications counselling service. As of 2012, the site had 2 million registered users and received 14 million unique visitors per year.
In 2015, it began providing student loan information to
Bankrate.com.
In 2014, the firm was acquired by EDPlus Holdings, LLC. In July 2016, EDPlus Holdings soldUnigo.com, along with EStudentLoan.com, to
Education Dynamics
EducationDynamics (EDDY) is a privately held higher education management corporation. Founded in 2005, the firm provides market research, advertising agency, multichannel marketing, lead generation, and enrollment management for over 500 US college ...
.
EducationDynamics Announces the Acquisition of Unigo.com and EStudentLoan.com
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American review websites
Educational technology companies of the United States