Case Study: Des Moines Area Community College achieves $170K cost savings with Calendly

How one college saved $170K last year with Calendly

Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) needed a better way to manage a high volume of student advising appointments across 12 locations. With too few staff, limited space, long wait times, manual scheduling, and frequent no-shows and double bookings, DMACC turned to Calendly to make scheduling easier and connect students to the right resource faster.

Using Calendly, DMACC streamlined scheduling with automated bookings, reminders, Group events, Round Robin meetings, and Enterprise-level account management across student services. Calendly helped eliminate double bookings, reduce no-shows, and free up 6,114 staff hours in the last 12 months, contributing to 4.5x ROI and $170K in cost savings, while enabling three staff members to be reassigned to financial aid.

Des Moines Area Community College

Corey Trader

Academic Advisor