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==Company history==
==Company history==
===Origins===
===Origins and growth===


ClassRanked was conceived of at [[Duke University]] by Hayden Hall, Max Labaton, and Dilan Trivedi in their [[junior year]].<ref name ="Vega">{{cite news|last1=Vega|first1=Muriel|title=ClassRanked Founder On How to Scale A College Campus Launch Across the Country|url=https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|accessdate=10 October 2019|work=Hypepotamus.com|date=9 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010716/https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|archive-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> While [[Registrar (education)|registering]] for spring classes, they spent several hours scrolling through class descriptions and searching to fulfill [[Duke University#Academics|academic requirements]].<ref name="Blake">{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Suzanne|title=ClassRanked Eases The Ordeal of Registering For College Classes|url=https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|work=GrepBeat Tech News|date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010718/https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|archive-date=11 October 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Hall proposed building a site to streamline and automate this process.
ClassRanked was conceived of at [[Duke University]] by Hayden Hall, Max Labaton, and Dilan Trivedi in their [[junior year]].<ref name ="Vega">{{cite news|last1=Vega|first1=Muriel|title=ClassRanked Founder On How to Scale A College Campus Launch Across the Country|url=https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|accessdate=10 October 2019|work=Hypepotamus.com|date=9 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010716/https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|archive-date=11 October 2019}}</ref> While [[Registrar (education)|registering]] for classes, they spent hours searching to fulfill [[Duke University#Academics|academic requirements]].<ref name="Blake">{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Suzanne|title=ClassRanked Eases The Ordeal of Registering For College Classes|url=https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|work=GrepBeat Tech News|date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010718/https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|archive-date=11 October 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Hall proposed building a site to streamline and automate this process. Hall then [[Computer programming|coded]] and developed a website that combined [[Course evaluation|course evaluations]], grade distribution data, and [[user reviews]] to offer students with comprehensive rankings of courses.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cata|first1=Miguel|title=Hayden Hall - His Company ClassRanked is Changing the College Landscape|url=https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|work=Tech News Monthly|date=13 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191013224305/https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|archive-date=13 October 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://gaper.podbean.com/e/hayden-hall-co-founder-of-classed-rank-explains-how-he-and-his-cohorts-built-an-app-for-all-students-out-of-a-need-they-had/ |title=Hayden Hall, Co-founder of Class Ranked, explains how he and his cohorts built their company |publisher=Gaper |host=Allen, Mark |date=April 10, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 }}</ref>


Over the next three months, Hall [[Computer programming|coded]] and developed a website that combined [[Course evaluation|course evaluations]], grade distribution data, and [[user reviews]] to offer students with comprehensive rankings of courses.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cata|first1=Miguel|title=Hayden Hall - His Company ClassRanked is Changing the College Landscape|url=https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|work=Tech News Monthly|date=13 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191013224305/https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|archive-date=13 October 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://gaper.podbean.com/e/hayden-hall-co-founder-of-classed-rank-explains-how-he-and-his-cohorts-built-an-app-for-all-students-out-of-a-need-they-had/ |title=Hayden Hall, Co-founder of Class Ranked, explains how he and his cohorts built their company |publisher=Gaper |host=Allen, Mark |date=April 10, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 }}</ref>

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===Growth and expansion===
ClassRanked was initially launched at [[Duke University]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=MacLauren |first=Amanda |date=October 1, 2019 |title=ClassRanked.com: Biz Brief Profile |url=https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |magazine=Durham Magazine |page=117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012053309/https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |archive-date=12 October 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 }}</ref> Within its first two days, the site had generated over 5,000 page views. By the end of its first week, ClassRanked had over 1,200 user reviews and within a month was being actively used by over 80% of Duke’s student body.<ref>{{cite press release| title= ClassRanked: College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley and Announces Future Growth Strategy at Other Universities|url= https://www.prweb.com/releases/classranked_college_class_registration_site_expands_to_university_of_california_berkeley_and_announces_future_growth_strategy_at_other_universities/prweb16512754.htm|date= August 19, 2019|via=[[Cision|PR Web]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102161326/https://www.prweb.com/releases/classranked_college_class_registration_site_expands_to_university_of_california_berkeley_and_announces_future_growth_strategy_at_other_universities/prweb16512754.htm|archive-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley|url=https://www.thechestnutpost.com/news/classranked-college-class-registration-site-expands-to-university-of-california-berkeley-and-announces-future-growth-strategy-at-other-universities/|work=The Chestnut Post|date=20 August 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
ClassRanked was initially launched at [[Duke University]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=MacLauren |first=Amanda |date=October 1, 2019 |title=ClassRanked.com: Biz Brief Profile |url=https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |magazine=Durham Magazine |page=117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012053309/https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |archive-date=12 October 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 }}</ref> Within its first two days, the site had generated over 5,000 page views. By the end of its first week, ClassRanked had over 1,200 user reviews and within a month was being actively used by over 80% of Duke’s student body.<ref>{{cite press release| title= ClassRanked: College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley and Announces Future Growth Strategy at Other Universities|url= https://www.prweb.com/releases/classranked_college_class_registration_site_expands_to_university_of_california_berkeley_and_announces_future_growth_strategy_at_other_universities/prweb16512754.htm|date= August 19, 2019|via=[[Cision|PR Web]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102161326/https://www.prweb.com/releases/classranked_college_class_registration_site_expands_to_university_of_california_berkeley_and_announces_future_growth_strategy_at_other_universities/prweb16512754.htm|archive-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley|url=https://www.thechestnutpost.com/news/classranked-college-class-registration-site-expands-to-university-of-california-berkeley-and-announces-future-growth-strategy-at-other-universities/|work=The Chestnut Post|date=20 August 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


During the months to follow, the site shifted focus on expanding to other schools. By the end of August 2019, ClassRanked announced its expansion to [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[UNC-Chapel Hill]], and [[Emory University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Andrea|title=ClassRanked.com, a Duke student-launched ratings site, expands footprint to other US campuses|url=https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|accessdate=12 October 2019|work=[[WRAL-TV|WRAL TechWire]]|date=20 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820183137/https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|archive-date=August 20, 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Founder Discusses College Registration Start-Up, ClassRanked|url=https://www.atlantatechblogs.com/posts/13624/redirect|accessdate=13 October 2019|work=Atlanta Tech Blogs|date=10 September 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As of April 2021, the company had expanded over 400 colleges and universities with data from courses taught by more than 300,000 faculty members.<ref>{{cite news|title=ClassRanked takes guesswork out of messy class registration process.|url=http://www.ramaponews.com/press-releases/view.php/643299739/ClassRanked-takes-guesswork-out-of-messy|accessdate=30 April 2021|work=The Ramapo News|date=28 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430170659/http://www.ramaponews.com/press-releases/view.php/643299739/ClassRanked-takes-guesswork-out-of-messy|archive-date=April 30, 2021|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Adzo|first1=Kossi|title=Hayden Hall of ClassRanked Tells Us How the Educational Technology Company has Revolutionized College Registration|url=https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|accessdate=29 October 2020|work=Startup Info Magazine|date=9 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029181601/https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|archive-date=October 29, 2020|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fu|first1=Ali|title=These are the Top Education and EdTech Companies in North Carolina (2021)|url=https://boove.co.uk/these-are-the-top-education-and-edtech-companies-in-north-carolina-2021/|accessdate=11 January 2021|work=Boove - The Online Magazine|date=8 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111211742/https://boove.co.uk/these-are-the-top-education-and-edtech-companies-in-north-carolina-2021/|archive-date=January 11, 2021|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
By the end of August 2019, ClassRanked announced its expansion to [[University of Pennsylvania]], [[UC Berkeley]], [[UNC-Chapel Hill]], and [[Emory University]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Andrea|title=ClassRanked.com, a Duke student-launched ratings site, expands footprint to other US campuses|url=https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|accessdate=12 October 2019|work=[[WRAL-TV|WRAL TechWire]]|date=20 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820183137/https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|archive-date=August 20, 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Founder Discusses College Registration Start-Up, ClassRanked|url=https://www.atlantatechblogs.com/posts/13624/redirect|accessdate=13 October 2019|work=Atlanta Tech Blogs|date=10 September 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref> As of April 2021, the company had expanded over 400 colleges and universities with data from courses taught by more than 300,000 faculty members.<ref>{{cite news|title=ClassRanked takes guesswork out of messy class registration process.|url=http://www.ramaponews.com/press-releases/view.php/643299739/ClassRanked-takes-guesswork-out-of-messy|accessdate=30 April 2021|work=The Ramapo News|date=28 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430170659/http://www.ramaponews.com/press-releases/view.php/643299739/ClassRanked-takes-guesswork-out-of-messy|archive-date=April 30, 2021|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Adzo|first1=Kossi|title=Hayden Hall of ClassRanked Tells Us How the Educational Technology Company has Revolutionized College Registration|url=https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|accessdate=29 October 2020|work=Startup Info Magazine|date=9 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029181601/https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|archive-date=October 29, 2020|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fu|first1=Ali|title=These are the Top Education and EdTech Companies in North Carolina (2021)|url=https://boove.co.uk/these-are-the-top-education-and-edtech-companies-in-north-carolina-2021/|accessdate=11 January 2021|work=Boove - The Online Magazine|date=8 January 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111211742/https://boove.co.uk/these-are-the-top-education-and-edtech-companies-in-north-carolina-2021/|archive-date=January 11, 2021|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

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===SaaS product expansion===
The company announced in 2022 that it was shifting resources and focus to building higher education enterprise software (SaaS) solutions for course evaluation, reporting, and survey management. The new software platform was rolled out nationwide to universities the following year.


==Features==
==Features==

Revision as of 18:54, 30 November 2022

ClassRanked Inc
Company typePrivate
IndustryHigher Education
Technology Solutions
Founded2018; 7 years ago (2018)
FounderHayden Hall
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.classranked.com
Footnotes / references
[1] [2] [3]

ClassRanked is an American educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, UT that offers higher education enterprise software (SaaS) solutions for course evaluation, reporting, and survey management.[4][5][6]

The company was founded at Duke University as a data-centric platform aiding students with course registration and subsequently shifted focus to building software for colleges and universities in 2022.[7][8][9][10]

Company history

Origins and growth

ClassRanked was conceived of at Duke University by Hayden Hall, Max Labaton, and Dilan Trivedi in their junior year.[6] While registering for classes, they spent hours searching to fulfill academic requirements.[8] Hall proposed building a site to streamline and automate this process. Hall then coded and developed a website that combined course evaluations, grade distribution data, and user reviews to offer students with comprehensive rankings of courses.[11][12]

ClassRanked was initially launched at Duke University.[13] Within its first two days, the site had generated over 5,000 page views. By the end of its first week, ClassRanked had over 1,200 user reviews and within a month was being actively used by over 80% of Duke’s student body.[14][15]

By the end of August 2019, ClassRanked announced its expansion to University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Emory University.[16][17] As of April 2021, the company had expanded over 400 colleges and universities with data from courses taught by more than 300,000 faculty members.[18][19][20]

SaaS product expansion

The company announced in 2022 that it was shifting resources and focus to building higher education enterprise software (SaaS) solutions for course evaluation, reporting, and survey management. The new software platform was rolled out nationwide to universities the following year.

Features

The website provides ratings of classes at colleges and universities ranked by quality and difficulty.[21][22]

In November 2019, the company announced it had added a new feature allowing students to upload course syllabi to view grade distribution breakdowns and required textbooks for potential classes.[23][24] ClassRanked also worked directly with colleges to gain grade distributions for classes. That data is integrated into course rankings and displayed with bar graphs so users can see comprehensive grade history for a class.

References

  1. ^ "ClassRanked". Owler. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ "ClassRanked: College Class Registration Tool". AngelList. Archived from the original on October 12, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "ClassRanked, About Us". Retrieved 13 October 2019.
  4. ^ "ClassRanked's new product initiative highlights change to company strategy and mission". Business Insider. August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022.
  5. ^ "ClassRanked Delivers Modern Insights for Students to Maximize their Learning & Career Prospects". Yahoo! Finance. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Vega, Muriel (9 September 2019). "ClassRanked Founder On How to Scale A College Campus Launch Across the Country". Hypepotamus.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ "ClassRanked's new product initiative highlights change to company strategy and mission". Yahoo! Finance. August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Blake, Suzanne (October 10, 2019). "ClassRanked Eases The Ordeal of Registering For College Classes". GrepBeat Tech News. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019.
  9. ^ Daso, Frederick (October 28, 2020). "ClassRanked: Startup Spotlight". Founder to Founder. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
  10. ^ "ClassRanked Delivers Modern Insights for Students to Maximize their Learning & Career Prospects". Morningstar, Inc. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Cata, Miguel (October 13, 2019). "Hayden Hall - His Company ClassRanked is Changing the College Landscape". Tech News Monthly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019.
  12. ^ Allen, Mark (April 10, 2020). "Hayden Hall, Co-founder of Class Ranked, explains how he and his cohorts built their company" (Podcast). Gaper. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  13. ^ MacLauren, Amanda (October 1, 2019). "ClassRanked.com: Biz Brief Profile". Durham Magazine. p. 117. Archived from the original on 12 October 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  14. ^ "ClassRanked: College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley and Announces Future Growth Strategy at Other Universities" (Press release). August 19, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020 – via PR Web.
  15. ^ "College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley". The Chestnut Post. August 20, 2019.
  16. ^ Cook, Andrea (August 20, 2019). "ClassRanked.com, a Duke student-launched ratings site, expands footprint to other US campuses". WRAL TechWire. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
  17. ^ "Founder Discusses College Registration Start-Up, ClassRanked". Atlanta Tech Blogs. September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  18. ^ "ClassRanked takes guesswork out of messy class registration process". The Ramapo News. April 28, 2021. Archived from the original on April 30, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  19. ^ Adzo, Kossi (October 9, 2020). "Hayden Hall of ClassRanked Tells Us How the Educational Technology Company has Revolutionized College Registration". Startup Info Magazine. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
  20. ^ Fu, Ali (January 8, 2021). "These are the Top Education and EdTech Companies in North Carolina (2021)". Boove - The Online Magazine. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  21. ^ Bradley, Jack (September 22, 2019). "5 College Startups to Watch". Tech News Monthly. Archived from the original on October 13, 2019.
  22. ^ "Hayden Hall, Co-founder of Class Ranked, explains how he and his cohorts built an app for all students out of a need they had". Gaper Tech Blog. April 20, 2020.
  23. ^ Carlisle, Paige (November 26, 2019). "Duke students create website as 'an equalizer' to approaching course registration". The Chronicle (Duke University). Archived from the original on November 28, 2019.
  24. ^ "ASMSU provides update on recommendation for spring semester, approves two bills in committee meetings".
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