Ad Astra's Difference
Ad Astra is the trusted partner of colleges and universities committed to graduating more students faster.
With academic scheduling software and room scheduling tools, Ad Astra helps institutions streamline planning processes, promote financial sustainability, and enhance student success.
The Ad Astra difference is measurable.
Students come to college with diverse backgrounds but share a common goal: graduation and the opportunities it unlocks. Since 1996, Ad Astra has been a trusted partner in helping institutions deliver on this promise.
Using real-time data and course scheduling software, we empower colleges to optimize academic planning and provide students with the courses they need, when and where they need them. Our tools pave the way for timely graduation and remove barriers to degree completion, enabling students to balance their academic and personal lives effectively.

Proven Solutions with Analytics and Experience
Ad Astra leverages deep industry expertise and advanced predictive analytics to create student-centered course schedules for colleges and universities. With our academic scheduling software, institutions achieve data-driven planning that drives student success and operational efficiency.

27 Years of Academic Success
Since 1996, Ad Astra has supported academic success by helping colleges and universities graduate students faster through data-driven planning and optimized course scheduling solutions.

4.5 Million Students Supported
Ad Astra empowers academic success, helping over 4.5 million students across North America overcome obstacles and progress toward graduation last year alone.

550+ College & University Partners
Serving over 550 institutions, Ad Astra’s scheduling software facilitates faster degree completions, strengthens financial health, and promotes equitable outcomes in higher education.

375+ Benchmarks Indicators
Through the Higher Education Scheduling Index (HESI™), Ad Astra measures how effectively colleges and universities allocate resources to meet students’ course needs, driving efficiency and equity.

100+ Higher-Ed Experts on Our Team
The Ad Astra team is composed of seasoned higher education professionals, including former registrars, provosts, enrollment VPs, and scheduling specialists, who bring unmatched expertise to our solutions.

1:1 Strategic Consultations
Every Ad Astra partner receives personalized support from a dedicated consultant, ensuring institutions can identify, benchmark, and achieve their strategic goals with confidence.
Educational Partners
Ad Astra collaborates with leading organizations in education and workforce development, forming strategic partnerships to expand the reach and impact of our scheduling software solutions nationwide.

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
AACRAO is a non-profit, voluntary, professional association of more than 11,000 higher education professionals who represent approximately 2,600 institutions in more than 40 countries. Its mission is to provide professional development, guidelines, and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology, and student services.
American Association of State Colleges & Universities
AASCU is the collective voice of nearly 400 public colleges, universities, and systems that hold students and community at the heart of their mission. The association works to expand student access, success and opportunity; promote world class teaching and experiential learning tied to career advancement; and support applied research and service that advances economic development and quality of life in communities across the country.

Achieving the Dream
Achieving the Dream is a partner and champion of hard working leaders at more than 300 community colleges across the country. The community colleges they work with are distinct: They choose transformation over tradition, curiosity over inaction, innovation over status quo. Drawing on expert coaches, groundbreaking programs, and national peer network, Achieving the Dream builds customized growth plans to address the unique challenges each institution faces. They provide institutional leaders, faculty, and staff with actionable solutions grounded in years of experience and the knowledge of what it’s like to be in their shoes.

Complete College America
Complete College America (CCA) is a bold national advocate for dramatically increasing college completion rates and closing institutional performance gaps by working with states, systems, institutions, and partners to scale highly effective structural reforms and promote policies that improve student success.

Excelencia in Education
Founded in 2004, Excelencia in Education accelerates Latino student success in higher education to address the U.S. economy's need for a highly educated workforce and for civic leadership. Excelencia does this by providing data-driven analysis of the educational status of Latinos; promoting education policies and institutional practices that support their academic achievement; and organizing a network of professionals with a common goal of Latino student success.

National Association of College and University Business Officers
The National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) is the leading source of information for campus business and finance professionals. The association provides you with a bold voice, collaboration, and resources to tackle higher education’s evolving challenges. Get the strategic and practical support you need with a thriving network of your peers.
Let's begin our journey
Want more information?
and access our resources library.
Want to see our solutions in action?
Have technical questions?
all of Ad Astra products and services.