ClassRanked
{{short description|American educational technology company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ClassRanked Inc
| logo = ClassRanked_logo.png
| logo_size =
| company_type = Private
| industry = Education Technology
| foundation = {{start date and age|2018}}
| location_city = Salt Lake City, Utah
| area_served = Global
| key_people = Hayden Hall, CEO
| products = {{nowrap|Course evaluation}}
{{nowrap|Survey management}}
| homepage =
}}
ClassRanked is an American educational technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah that offers higher education enterprise software for course reviews, rankings, and grade distribution data. The platform was founded at Duke University.{{cite news|last1=Daso|first1=Frederick|title=ClassRanked: Startup Spotlight|url=https://f2f.substack.com/p/startup-spotlight-47-classranked|work=Founder to Founder|date=28 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201029181100/https://f2f.substack.com/p/startup-spotlight-47-classranked|archive-date=29 October 2020|df=mdy-all}}
History
ClassRanked was founded at Duke University by Hayden Hall, Max Labaton, and Dilan Trivedi in their junior year.{{cite news|last1=Vega|first1=Muriel|title=ClassRanked Founder On How to Scale A College Campus Launch Across the Country|url=https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|accessdate=10 October 2019|work=Hypepotamus.com|date=9 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010716/https://hypepotamus.com/companies/classranked/|archive-date=11 October 2019}} Hall created the website, Labaton handled marketing, and Trivedi managed the company's finances.{{cite news|last1=Carlisle|first1=Paige|title=Duke students create website as 'an equalizer' to approaching course registration |url= https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/duke-students-website-classranked-course-registration |work=The Chronicle (Duke University)|date=26 November 2019|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191128135017/https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/11/duke-students-website-classranked-course-registration|archive-date=28 November 2019|df=mdy-all}} While registering for classes, they spent hours searching to fulfill academic requirements.{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Suzanne|title=ClassRanked Eases The Ordeal of Registering For College Classes|url=https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|work=GrepBeat Tech News|date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011010718/https://grepbeat.com/2019/10/10/classranked-eases-the-ordeal-of-registering-for-college-classes/|archive-date=11 October 2019|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Hall proposed building a site to streamline and automate this process, coding and developing a platform.{{cite news|last1=Cata|first1=Miguel|title=Hayden Hall - His Company ClassRanked is Changing the College Landscape|url=https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|work=Tech News Monthly|date=13 October 2019|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191013224305/https://technewsmonthly.com/2019/10/13/hayden-hall-his-company-classranked-is-changing-the-college-landscape/|archive-date=13 October 2019|df=mdy-all}} It combined course evaluations, grade distribution data, and user reviews.
ClassRanked was initially launched at Duke University.{{cite magazine |last=MacLauren |first=Amanda |date=October 1, 2019 |title=ClassRanked.com: Biz Brief Profile |url=https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |magazine=Durham Magazine |page=117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012053309/https://legacy.durhammag.com/2019/10/01/october-november-2019-the-downtowner/ |archive-date=12 October 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 }} By the end of its first week, ClassRanked had over 1,200 user reviews and within a month was being actively used by over 80% of Duke’s student body.{{cite news|title= College Class Registration Site Expands to University of California Berkeley|url=https://www.thechestnutpost.com/news/classranked-college-class-registration-site-expands-to-university-of-california-berkeley-and-announces-future-growth-strategy-at-other-universities/|work=The Chestnut Post|date=20 August 2019|df=mdy-all}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
By the end of August 2019, ClassRanked announced its expansion to University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Emory University.{{cite news|last1=Cook|first1=Andrea|title=ClassRanked.com, a Duke student-launched ratings site, expands footprint to other US campuses|url=https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|accessdate=12 October 2019|work=WRAL TechWire|date=20 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820183137/https://www.wraltechwire.com/2019/08/20/classranked-com-a-duke-student-launched-ratings-site-expands-footprint-to-other-us-campuses/|archive-date=August 20, 2019|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|title=Founder Discusses College Registration Start-Up, ClassRanked|url=https://www.atlantatechblogs.com/posts/13624/redirect|accessdate=13 October 2019|work=Atlanta Tech Blogs|date=10 September 2019|df=mdy-all}} As of October 2020, the company had expanded to over 350 colleges and universities.{{cite news|last1=Adzo|first1=Kossi|title=Hayden Hall of ClassRanked Tells Us How the Educational Technology Company has Revolutionized College Registration|url=https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|accessdate=29 October 2020|work=Startup Info Magazine|date=9 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029181601/https://startup.info/hayden-hall-classranked/|archive-date=October 29, 2020|df=mdy-all}}
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