Case Study: St. Mary’s University achieves streamlined cross-domain search and improved visitor engagement with Swiftype

St. Mary’s University - Customer Case Study

St. Mary’s University, a private Catholic Marianist university in San Antonio, had rapidly expanded its web presence with numerous internal and public sites across multiple domains and needed a single, customizable search solution that could return relevant results without forcing users to sift through thousands of pages.

They implemented Swiftype for its cross-domain search, easy customization (synonyms and custom result sets), and affordability. Swiftype powered a dedicated “Search by Interest” tool linking interests to programs—now used by 34% of program-page visitors—and made site search one of the primary navigation methods; staff use the Swiftype dashboard to monitor queries, fine-tune results, and track metrics like campus-visit registrations.

St. Mary’s University

Elaine Shannon

Web Developer & User Interface Specialist