STUDENT DEMAND FORECASTING SOFTWARE
Predict future enrollment and reduce scheduling surprises.
Anticipate student needs and eliminate bottlenecks using patented machine learning with Ad Astra’s Student Demand Forecasting solution.
✔ Predict future course enrollment
✔ Use real student data to improve accuracy
✔ Identify bottlenecks and time conflicts
✔ Recommend schedule adjustments

Partners in success since 1996 | Serving 550+ campuses with 4.5M students












"Ad Astra helped us improve efficiency and increased the enrollment ratio for each class section."
Watch how the use of Ad Astra data reduces the need for last-minute schedule changes to create a 10% increase in total registrations, 6.5% increase in average students per section, and a 13% decrease in underutilized course ratio.

COURSE ENROLLMENT AND CAPACITY FORECASTING
Forecast demand data to build smarter schedules.
Calculate course demand using patented machine learning intelligence, student pathways, and simulated student populations. Gain insights into conflict-prone courses and proactively make changes that support better outcomes.
✔ Future enrollment prediction | ✔ Section count recommendations |
✔ Bottleneck risk identification | ✔ Simulated student population modeling |
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CONFLICT RISK HEATMAPS AND TIME ADJUSTMENTS
Spot conflicts before they happen.
Visualize which courses are at high risk for time conflicts and explore conflict-free meeting patterns. Identify course time-change candidates to improve student access and eliminate unnecessary friction in the path to degree completion.
✔ Conflict risk heatmaps | ✔ Time change candidates |
✔ Improved course access and fill rates |

REAL STUDENT INSIGHTS AND PATHWAY ANALYSIS
Design schedules that work for real students.
Go beyond enrollment numbers with insight into individual student histories and degree progress to inform decisions that support on-time graduation.
✔ Student pathway progress tracking | ✔ Course predictions by student |
✔ Student course history |
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Ad Astra Success Stories



Efficient scheduling for 15,000+ unique class sections a year.
Discover how the University of Missouri-Kansas City improved student success through smart academic course scheduling.



8% increase in retention year over year
See how Northwest Missouri State University leveraged Ad Astra’s scheduling tools to create operational efficiency, transparency across departments, and ultimately help improve student outcomes.



20+ hours per term saved
Discover how Butler Community College said goodbye to manual processes & automated their scheduling process, saving 20-30 hours of work each term.



Streamlining Events Scheduling with Supercharged Reporting
Joy Medford, Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness, set out to bring a centralized approach to scheduling at Angelina College. Learn how Angelina College streamlines its event process and efficiently scheduled 300+ events and 2000+ meetings.



$350k savings during a multi-year configuration of academic building resources
When Western Kentucky had to reallocate 156 rooms due to a building shutdown, Ad Astra powered fast rescheduling decisions using room and resource data – ultimately helping the university achieve a six-figure savings.