IN-SCHOOL VISIBILITY, BUILT IN

Your institution belongs inside high schools.

Enrollment decisions start in high school hallways, not in ad auctions. OnDeck puts colleges and universities on the screens students pass every day and in the feeds they scroll between classes.

Presence now is what drives decisions later.

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See how it works
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500+

HIGH SCHOOLS

350K+

Students Reached Daily

700K+

Daily Impressions

Always On

Consistent Presence

The Challenge

Enrollment decisions are forming long before a student clicks an ad.

Students spend six to eight hours a day inside their school. That's where familiarity builds. That's where your brand should be.

You're defending awareness spend without the numbers leadership wants.

The damage from going dark won't show up this cycle.

You can't reliably or consistently reach students through their phones.

Once you're out of a feeder school, getting back in is the expensive part.

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WHAT'S AT RISK

Risk builds before it shows up in your enrollment numbers.

Awareness gaps are invisible until they're not. A student who doesn't recognize your institution during their sophomore year won't suddenly discover you during application season. Visibility lost today is enrollment lost two or three years from now.

What OnDeck Does

A consistent visibility layer, inside the schools that shape your enrollment.

The institutions winning application season built their presence long before it started.

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In-school digital screen network

Your institution on high-traffic digital screens inside high schools, in hallways, common areas, and the spaces where students actually are. Non-skippable. Consistent throughout the year.

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Digital & programmatic reinforcement

Digital lands harder when a student already knows your name. Once students have seen you in school, we follow them across CTV, display, social, and more. Exposure becomes familiarity.

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Coverage across full decision cycles

Students start forming impressions long before senior year. OnDeck keeps your institution visible from early consideration through application season, across every channel that matters.

how it works

Simple to activate. No ongoing lift for your team.

You get coverage. Your team keeps their bandwidth.

01

Identify the schools that matter most

We map your priority feeder schools and geo-markets. Every placement is specific and defensible to leadership.

02

Establish consistent presence

Your creative runs across our screen network from September through June. Predictable visibility, no platform risk.

03

Reinforce and measure over time

Programmatic and social extend reach beyond the school day. Awareness compounds downstream.

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WHAT INSTITUTIONS SAY

Presence holds. Gaps cost.

  • "If we don't have that [in-school visibility], then we're going to have a gap we can't afford."

    DIRECTOR OF ENROLLMENT MARKETING

  • "We definitely would not remove it from the mix. It acts as a recruiter in the hallway."

    VP OF MARKETING, UNIVERSITY PARTNER

  • “It's the awareness layer that makes our other campaigns work. Without it, we're introducing ourselves when we should already be familiar.”

    RECRUITMENT MARKETING MANAGER

  • "The schools we covered with OnDeck consistently outperformed the ones where we had gaps. The correlation is clear."

    DIRECTOR OF RECRUITMENT, COLLEGE PARTNER

why it fits

Built to work the way your team already operates.

Same workflows. Independent visibility. Built for the long game.

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No algorithm risk. In-school screens aren't subject to bidding changes, app policy shifts, or platform volatility.

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Visibility you can defend. School-level placement data and consistent delivery give you the documentation to justify the spend.

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Low operational lift. We handle placement, maintenance, and content rotation. Your team keeps their time for the work that requires them.

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Higher ed only. No unrelated advertisers sharing space with your brand. Every school we're in is an environment your institution belongs in.

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Trusted by schools. No data collection. No cameras or microphones. Your brand appears in a context students already trust.

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Works alongside your existing spend. OnDeck is an awareness layer that makes your digital, social, and direct campaigns more efficient.

The question isn't whether you need to be present.

It's whether you can afford not to be.

Let's map your priority feeder schools and show you where the coverage gaps are.

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