Services · Higher education website redesign
University website redesign, built to enroll.
KWALL plans, designs, and builds higher education website redesigns on Drupal and WordPress: enrollment-first information architecture, an accessible design system, clean migration, and a team your editors will actually like working with. WCAG 2.2 AA ships on every build.
What’s included · Full-service redesign
Everything a campus redesign actually needs. One team.
No hand-offs between a strategy shop, a design studio, and a dev vendor. One accountable team carries your redesign from research to launch and beyond.
01 · Strategy
Research and enrollment-journey strategy.
Analytics audits, stakeholder interviews, prospective-student task research, and an information architecture built around how students choose, not how the org chart is drawn.
02 · Design
An accessible design system, not just pages.
Reusable components on a consistent grid, every one of them WCAG 2.2 AA before it ships. Your brand, systematized so departments stay on it.
03 · Build
Drupal or WordPress, chosen honestly.
We build both, so the recommendation follows your content model, your editors, and your integrations. Slate, Salesforce, SIS, calendars, directories.
04 · Content
Migration and editorial tooling.
Structured content migration, governed templates, and editor training so the site stays good after we leave. Your team publishes with confidence on day one.
How it runs · Four to nine months
A redesign engagement, step by step.
- 1. Discover (weeks 1 to 4): analytics, content inventory, audience research, governance reality check.
- 2. Architect (weeks 3 to 8): information architecture, content model, platform recommendation, migration plan.
- 3. Design the system (weeks 6 to 14): accessible components, templates for your highest-traffic journeys, real-content prototypes tested on phones first.
- 4. Build and migrate (weeks 10 to 24): CMS build, integrations, structured migration, performance budgets enforced.
- 5. Launch and keep going (ongoing): phased launch, editor training, monitoring, and a continuous-redesign cadence instead of another rebuild in five years.
Timelines depend on template count, content volume, and review speed. Phased launches put your highest-traffic templates in front of students months earlier.
Proof · Recent campus launches
Redesigns you can verify.
Every case study covers the problem, the build, and the results. Call the institutions; we will make introductions.
Why KWALL
Eighteen years of higher ed, and current.
- Higher ed since 2008. More than 200 launches for institutions from Caltech to community colleges.
- Accessibility as standard, not add-on. WCAG 2.2 AA on every build, plus ongoing compliance programs ahead of the ADA Title II deadlines.
- Both platforms, honest recommendations. Senior Drupal and WordPress engineering under one roof.
- Built for what comes next. Answer-engine optimization, structured data, and AI enablement built into the redesign, not bolted on.
- A real post-launch model. Training, support, and continuous redesign so the site improves every quarter.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a higher education website redesign cost?
Scope drives cost: template count, content volume, integrations, and governance complexity. Published industry ranges run from under one hundred thousand dollars for tightly scoped engagements to high six figures for multisite systems. We scope fixed phases so you always know what you are buying next.
How long does a university website redesign take?
Most single-site redesigns run four to nine months from kickoff to launch. Multisite systems and large migrations take longer. We favor phased launches that ship the highest-traffic templates first.
Do you build on Drupal or WordPress?
Both. The recommendation comes from your content model, your editorial team, and your integration list, not from our preference. We will tell you plainly when the cheaper option is the right one.
Will the redesign meet ADA Title II requirements?
Yes. WCAG 2.2 AA is our build standard, which exceeds the WCAG 2.1 AA standard the ADA Title II rule requires of public institutions by April 2026. We also offer ongoing monitoring, remediation, and editor training.
What happens after launch?
You choose the cadence: editor training and handoff, a support retainer, or a continuous-redesign program with quarterly design and content sprints. Campus sites decay without ownership; we make sure yours has it.
Ready when you are.
Tell us where your site is failing prospective students, and we will show you what we would do about it. No deck, no pressure, just a working session with people who have done this for eighteen years.