Jake Bryant

Jake Bryant is a Partner in the Seattle office and a leader in McKinsey’s Education practice, where he focuses his client service and research on improving the performance of education institutions, with a particular emphasis on improving access, persistence, and learning and life outcomes for historically underserved students. Jake has 10+ years of experience supporting higher education institutions on their most important strategic priorities. He has worked with over 300 education institutions in 35 countries and 30 US states, including many of the leading public and private universities, philanthropies, and education technology providers. He helps universities advance their innovation agendas, from building and scaling online programming to launching major new initiatives (e.g., new campuses, research institutes, and research partnership) to implementing new technologies to improve operations. Jake is also a thought leader with publications spanning a range of topics within education, including strategic alliances in higher education and the impacts of COVID-19 on the sector.