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$5 -- cost per mille for Higher education paid social on Meta and Instagram (traffic-optimized campaigns) (2026)
Higher education traffic-optimized paid social campaigns on Meta and Instagram achieved an average cost per mille (CPM) of $5.31.
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2026
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
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95
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EducationDynamics
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https://highereducationmarketinginstitute.com/blog/ai-search-visibility-human-touch-driving-enrollme… ↗
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Front Door to Enrollment: AI Visibility, Human Touch, Real Results • Higher Education Marketing Institute
Prospective students are not starting on your homepage anymore. They are starting with AI. This week’s insights converge on a single truth. Visibility in AI summaries and intent led search is now as mission critical as traditional SEO. Institutions that pair structured data, authoritative PR signals…
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EducationDynamics analysis of 60M paid social impressions
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Higher education paid social on Meta and Instagram (traffic-optimized campaigns): $5 cost per mille. Source: EducationDynamics (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/highered-paid-social-cpm-meta-educationdynamics
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