Case Study: Azusa Pacific Online University achieves rapid launch and cost savings with Jenzabar EX

Jenzabar’s hosted enterprise software helps a start-up university save time—and money

Azusa Pacific Online University, a start-up online institution in Azusa, Calif., needed an all-hosted, rapidly deployable ERP and portal to open to students with minimal internal IT. The university chose Jenzabar’s higher-education platform—Jenzabar EX along with the Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution (JICS)—to provide a scalable, low-maintenance administrative and student-facing system.

Jenzabar delivered a turnkey, managed solution that went live in under 100 days and included secure data-center hosting, backups, patches, and disaster recovery, allowing Azusa Pacific to operate with an IT staff of one. As a result, Azusa Pacific enrolled over 400 students in its first year, avoided large upfront capital and staffing costs through a three‑year managed contract, and sped up admissions, registration and communication via JICS; Jenzabar’s platform also supports high client retention (97%).

Azusa Pacific Online University

Don Davis

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer