Selling Your School: How to Make Your Campus Work for the DealWhen owners picture selling their school, they think about enrolment, earnings, and reputation. The campus is just where the school happens. In a sale, it's much more than that. Whether you own your campus or lease it, the property is an asset you can put to work, and handled well, it strengthens your position with buyers.
Read MoreWhy Nursing and Healthcare Career Colleges Are Commanding Premium PricesIf you own a nursing school or a healthcare career college, you have probably asked yourself the same question my clients ask me first. What is my college really worth, and why are buyers suddenly so interested in schools like mine?
Read MoreWhat Is My Private School Worth? How Buyers Actually Value a SchoolMost owners want one number: what is my school worth. The honest answer is that a private school is not valued the way a manufacturing business or a commercial building is. It is worth a multiple of its earnings, yes, but that multiple is shaped by the durability of your enrollment, the strength of your programs, your regulatory standing, and how much of the school's success walks out the door if you leave. Get that reading right and you price the school fairly.
Read MoreShould You Sell Your School Now, or Wait? A Framework for Timing the SaleMost owners who come to me about how to sell a private school are really asking a harder question underneath: should I sell now, or should I wait? Those are the same decision, and getting the timing wrong costs you in both directions.
Read MoreWhat Is My Private School Worth? Why Geographic Fit Changes the Price a Buyer Will PayYou built your school over decades. You will sell it once. That single fact is why the question of what your private school is worth deserves a better answer than one number pulled off a multiple.
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