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Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy)

byEllucian
in Higher Education Student Information System Software as a Service (Transitioning to Higher Education SaaS Student Information Systems)
3.4

Overview

Product Information on Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy)?

Ellucian PowerCampus is a software designed to support higher education institutions in managing academic, administrative, and student-related operations. The software provides features for student information management, registration, scheduling, grade processing, and financial aid administration. It facilitates the handling of admissions, records, billing, and reporting, supporting compliance with regulatory requirements. Ellucian PowerCampus aims to streamline processes across departments and improve efficiency in data management, communication, and workflow automation, helping educational organizations address challenges related to scalability, data accuracy, and integration of institutional functions within a centralized system.

Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy) Pricing

Ellucian PowerCampus is a software offered through a license-based pricing model, typically involving annual or multi-year agreements. Pricing for the software may vary based on institution size, required modules, and selected deployment options such as on-premise or cloud. Costs are determined according to organizational needs and additional support services may be available for an extra fee. No public per-user or tiered pricing is listed.

Overall experience with Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy)

Data Administrator
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“PowerCampus: Ellucian's hidden, discarded gem”

4.0
Aug 22, 2024
I have worked with PowerCampus for 17 years now. The product meets our needs and the customer support has been great.
MANAGER OF IT SERVICES
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
CRITICAL

“Ellucian PowerCampus provides an adequate but challenging experience”

2.0
Aug 18, 2023
Ellucian PowerCampus has been our student information system at a small private college for several years. It has been challenging, as the desktop application is somewhat dated and has limited integration functionality.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 28th August 2024

Ellucian powers innovation for higher education, partnering with more than 2,900 customers across 50 countries, serving more than 22 million students. With decades of experience and a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features higher education focused SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, including data-rich tools for student recruitment, enrollment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian’s innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners and user community of more than 45,000 provides a community of practice contributing to institutional success and better student outcomes.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Private
Year Founded
1968
Head office location
Reston, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://www.ellucian.com

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Performance of Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy) Across Market Features

Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy) Likes & Dislikes

Like

PowerCampus has a robust database design. The SQL Server database allows us to connect to our other onsite databases. The action rule feature is a powerful way to automate processes.

Like

The database behind Ellucian PowerCampus is stable, despite it's structure. The user facing self service piece provides adequate functionality but presents customization issues.

Like

Definitely the robust and easy to use product. It is a very specialize platform for universities and students management.

Dislike

The user interface is a bit dated, and users will complain about it sometimes. Updates to Self Service require a larger breadth of technical knowledge. Ellucian is discontinuing this product and forcing the customers to a SaaS product that does not meet many of our needs.

Dislike

Ellucian PowerCampus support provides very limited customization. Some aspects of the application have malfunctioned for years without being updated and addressed. The interface and operability are very dated and nearly obsolete.

Dislike

In the beginning the lack of knowledge about it, since it has a lot a functionally that take some time to learn.

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Ellucian PowerCampus (Legacy) Reviews and Ratings

3.4

(10 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
20%
4 Star
30%
3 Star
20%
2 Star
30%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.3

Integration & Deployment

3.9

Service & Support

3.5

Product Capabilities

3.7

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  • Data Administrator
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    PowerCampus: Ellucian's hidden, discarded gem

    4.0
    Aug 22, 2024
    I have worked with PowerCampus for 17 years now. The product meets our needs and the customer support has been great.
  • MANAGER OF IT SERVICES
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Ellucian PowerCampus provides an adequate but challenging experience

    2.0
    Aug 18, 2023
    Ellucian PowerCampus has been our student information system at a small private college for several years. It has been challenging, as the desktop application is somewhat dated and has limited integration functionality.
  • Innovation & Quality Manger
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    ERP Student Platform

    5.0
    Nov 27, 2019
    We use the platform as our student ERP system and in general terms is a flexible and powerful tool that we use in our everyday work.
  • Quality and Innovation Coordinator
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Gets the job done !

    4.0
    Oct 3, 2019
    PowerCampus is a very powerfull ERP, it fits our needs, but the interface for the user is not the best. Not pretty, but funtional
  • VP for Enrollment
    <50M USD
    Education
    Review Source

    Great product!

    5.0
    Apr 5, 2019
    We have been very pleased with PowerCampus. We have worked hard to integrate this with other systems and use it to it's fullest.
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