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Higher Education Website Design and Development Agency
Most universities and colleges don't need another vendor. They need one agency that handles design, development, and strategy without losing the thread between them.
Striped Horse is a higher education website design agency that has delivered complete website overhauls for Gallaudet University and Stanford Law School - both on aggressive timelines, both with zero traffic loss at launch.
We build education websites on WordPress, Webflow, and Drupal that serve every audience at once - prospective students, current students, faculty, alumni, and donors - without making any of them feel like an afterthought. ADA-compliant, enrollment-focused, and built so your team can manage it without a developer on call.
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Higher Education Website Design and Development Services
We handle education website design and development for universities, colleges, and schools at every stage - whether you need a full site redesign, a new build from scratch, or ongoing support after launch. Every project is handled under one roof: design, development, branding, and marketing aligned from day one so nothing falls through the gaps between vendors.
Education Branding and Visual Identity
College and University Website Design
Higher Education Web Development
Education Digital Marketing and SEO
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What Sets Our Higher Education Web Design Agency Apart
Designed for Every Audience Your Institution Serves
A university website has to serve six distinct audiences at the same time - prospective students exploring programs, current students looking for resources, parents researching costs and campus life, faculty publishing research, alumni staying connected, and donors evaluating giving opportunities. We design information architectures that give each audience a direct path to what they need, without burying what the others are looking for.
Every Page Is an Enrollment Tool
We design education websites the way performance marketers think about landing pages - with a clear hierarchy of intent, conversion paths built around how prospective students actually decide, and calls to action placed where the data says they work. The Gallaudet University website was built around this principle: every key page guides a visitor toward an application, a campus visit, or a direct inquiry.
We Manage the Internal Complexity So You Don't Have To
Higher education website projects involve more stakeholders than almost any other kind of project - communications teams, IT departments, faculty committees, admissions offices, and executive leadership, all with legitimate opinions and competing priorities. We've run stakeholder alignment workshops at the start of every engagement to get those competing priorities documented and resolved before design begins. We know how to keep the project moving without anyone feeling steamrolled.
A Portfolio Built on Institutions That Trust Us
Our higher education portfolio includes Gallaudet University - a complete large-scale website overhaul delivered in under two months - and Stanford Law School, redesigned to serve faculty, students, researchers, and media without a single overlapping path. These aren't small projects where we had one stakeholder and a simple brief. They're the kind of complex, high-stakes builds that test whether an agency actually knows this space.
We Stay After Launch - No Starting Over
Your site goes live, but we don't disappear. We offer ongoing support for content updates, performance optimization, accessibility audits, and new feature development - so your institution always has a technical partner who already knows your CMS, your brand, and your team. No re-briefing someone new every time something needs to change.
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
"They're great in every category, and not only the work they do is great, but they are very accommodating and communicative. I was very fortunate to have Danielle leading the web development team-- it was no easy task to take over a year-long project along with a bunch of new devs to work with into a working product in less than two months' time. One of the challenging project-wise for our university website project and she got the team doing good work and managed to get where we need to be. I will continue to work with her!"
"They helped to make our website redesign a success. Danielle was a very quick communicator and patient with our team throughout the entire process. She was knowledgeable and always able to clearly answer my (many!) questions. Our team is very happy with the outcome of our new website. I would recommend Striped Horse to anyone looking for web design services."
I can't say enough good things about working with the Striped Horse team in designing a new website for our Center at Stanford. They were fantastic -- really responsive, creative and solutions-oriented, hard-working and on-the-ball in all aspects of managing and executing a complex project like this. Their rates are quite reasonable given the incredible value you get from the work. And the outcomes are terrific - they created a great-looking, user-friendly site designed to optimize for our goals. My strong recommendation is: do not delay, and try to get the Striped Horse team to work with you on your project! You can't do better, and you won't regret it.
“They ask all the right questions, understand the requirements and put forth their excellent design skills and problem solving to deliver above expectations. Would be thrilled to work with them again!"
“Danielle was fantastic. Quality, knowledge, customer service and communication exceeded expectations. I would recommend her in a heartbeat and will be using her again at some point in the future.”
“They produced a beautiful landing page, were very quick to respond and really made the whole process very simple. They will be re-doing my entire website shortly. You won't be disappointed when you hire them.”
“The team did everything wonderfully!! Talented and creative professionals, exceptional communicators and efficiently worked, I really hope to engage with them again.”
"The team rocks! They're super efficient and gets things done, is highly knowledgeable, and taught me quite a lot about the process of building my site. I'd recommend them to anyone in a heartbeat."
"The team is amazing. Filled with visionaries and helped problem solve for all our our company needs. Will definitely use them again."
"They have a can-do attitude that makes the process much easier & effective, it was a pleasure to get quick responses and support for all our issues and needed changes to the new website. I will definitely approach again in our next project!"
"The team delivered a fantastic design. The designs not only looked good but they actually performed well. They produced tangible results (ie. more conversions)."
"Amazing in every sense! Worked with me to get exactly what I wanted, even when I changed my mind; was patient; took initiative; was creative. The list goes on and on. I will definitely hire again for future needs!"
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