2026 Market Alert: Demystifying Ellucian Student

Why Read This Research

Ellucian Student reorganizes familiar products into capabilities and tiers. This Market Alert shows how familiar Ellucian products map to new capability names and where those capabilities sit across the Essentials and Signature tiers, Advantage modules, and the Ellucian Platform. It explains what the change means for Banner, Colleague, and Anthology Student customers. It also separates capabilities available now from those planned for 2027 and identifies the pricing, licensing, AI, and migration questions institutions should address before renewal.

Key Questions Answered

• Which tier or Advantage module includes the Ellucian capabilities an institution uses today?
• What can institutions use now, and which capabilities and AI agents are planned for late 2026 or 2027 or remain directional?
• What should institutions confirm in writing about pricing, licensing, migration, and renewal protections before selecting a tier?

Features

• Featured Vendor: Ellucian
• Software Category: Student Core
• Future Campus Impacts: Outcomes, Recruit, Retain, Fundraise, Operations, Revenue, Governance, Risk, Innovate
• Author: Matthew Winn, PhD, Principal Analyst, Tambellini Group
• Research Availability: September 2026