IEC Pricing Survey Out - Top reviews with the highest affordability!

Economic uncertainty will understandably cause non-essential services to compete for dollars. CPC is once again providing white-glove support that is affordable to all families.

About 600 IECs (Independent Educational Consultants) recently participated in this 2025 pricing survey. Below are the takeaways:

Pricing - Does more expensive mean better service? What makes our $2,760 all-inclusive package affordable, and how do we do it?

 Our approach is to leverage technology and partners to offer a product that all families can afford without sacrificing services -  see our 150+ 5-star reviews.   Working with more students rather than a select group of families with higher finances means more experience and better guidance for all families.

National vs Regional experience - How does our work in many regions benefit your student?

Only 25% of IECs work with students nationwide. The average package cost of those IECs is over $7,500! Our national representation lifts all boats as we are not focused on one region or a smaller subset of schools. We have worked with students from over 15 states and 150 high schools. More applications and more schools give us more experience than the average IEC.

Experience Matters

Only 41% of IECs have been in business for over 10 years. Our practice has been helping students for 20 + years. Our student portal houses thousands of data points each application cycle to help future students.

Why don't we believe in hourly pricing or different packages?

Over 70% of the IECs surveyed offer multiple packages, which means you are on the clock for all questions and support if your student's needs exceed the program. Because our pricing model is competitive, we can fully serve all students. It would be difficult to tell a student they've run out of hours! Why We Don’t Offer à la Carte Services

How do I learn more?

We are here to help families take what has unnecessarily become a spectacularly complicated and hand-wringing process into an opportunity for student introspection and growth. Let us show you more.