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Colleges & Universities

Bring a The UPS Store® center to your campus and provide convenient printing, shipping, parcel and mail management services, innovative solutions and exceptional service to students, staff and faculty.

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An employee sorting mail inside a The UPS Store location on a college campus

On-Campus Solutions


A New Class of On-Campus Solutions

  • Residential Life Mailroom Management: All the help without the hassle
  • Campus Mail Management: Added convenience for staff and faculty
  • Personal Parcel Receiving Services: A secure spot for package pickup
  • Campus Print Services: No job is too big or too small
  • Move-In / Move-Out Assistance: We pack and ship it all

You help transform the future. A The UPS Store® center can transform your business solutions so you can concentrate on inspiring and empowering the new generations that are building the future.

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An LSU student walking out of The UPS Store with a package

Louisiana State University


The UPS Store® Center Brings Valuable Services to LSU

With such a large and diverse community, Louisiana State University (LSU) needed a trusted partner and a team of experts to help serve their needs--from package and mail receiving to shipping and printing. A The UPS Store® center was a natural fit.

Customized Solutions

Located on the first floor of LSU's Student Union, The UPS Store® location sits at the heart of the university, providing easy access to serve the student body, staff and faculty. Having taken over the previous mailroom, the center manages all mail operations on behalf of the school, including 5,500 student mailboxes and hundreds of packages on any given day.

Quality, Convenient Printing and More

In addition to packing and shipping, printing is the biggest service utilized at The UPS Store® location on LSU's campus. Undergraduate students take advantage of printing services for resumes, while graduate and doctoral students appreciate the ease of printing large research posters.

The center offers administrative departments and student organizations access to high-quality print machines with the convenience of an on-campus print production facility.

A The UPS Store employee printing a large banner

San Diego State University


Parcel & Mail Management for SDSU's Campus

With a student population similar to a small city, SDSU managed mail and packages for more than 34,000 students. The process relied on a manual system in which mail was sorted and delivered directly to individual residence halls. Student workers handled sorting and delivery across campus without a centralized database or package tracking system.

Because there was no visibility into where items were in the process, packages were lost or misrouted and mail was misplaced. These issues led to time-consuming searches, student complaints and unpredictable costs to replace missing items.

Streamlined Services

SDSU collaborated with The UPS Store® network to improve how student mail and packages are managed on campus. As part of the solution, delivery points were consolidated into two centralized on-campus locations, reducing handling steps and improving efficiency. A modern Parcel Management System was also implemented to monitor packages after delivery and help ensure accurate processing and pickup.

The two The UPS Store locations now receive and manage mail and packages for more than 9,000 students. With centralized operations and tracking in place, lost packages and misplaced mail were significantly reduced. In addition, The UPS Store network introduced customized services, such as move-in and move-out support, to help students store and transport belongings more easily during peak campus transition periods.

Student Employment

In collaboration with SDSU, The UPS Store locations employ around 70 students throughout the year. Center management takes into account the students' individual class schedules to help ensure they can balance work and academic success.

 

“After decades of owning traditional The UPS Store locations, working with a university revealed something even more powerful. The non-traditional university model isn’t just another ownership path — it’s a strategic advantage. When a university partners with The UPS Store, it goes beyond on-campus convenience. It becomes part of the university’s infrastructure and daily campus life, serving students, faculty and staff. With a built-in customer base that renews every fall, the university model delivers lasting value — creating a competitive edge for universities and strengthening the entire The UPS Store® network.”

  • Burke Jones, Franchisee at SDSU

A student reading mail at The UPS Store

Florida State University


Postal and Upgraded Printing Services at FSU

The UPS Store® franchise was originally contracted to provide on-site postal services for FSU, but soon after, the university took advantage of the greater capabilities of a The UPS Store® center to address its campus-wide printing needs.

Campus Print Services

With over 40,000 students enrolled, FSU has a never-ending list of major print requests, including stationery, newsletters, invitations, manuals and student handbooks, coming from the various divisions and sectors of the university.

By partnering with The UPS Store® franchise, FSU has an enterprise-wide resource for not just students and faculty, but the entire academic departments, the individual colleges comprising the university and the institution as a whole.

Three students walking out of a campus The UPS Store

The UPS Store® Solution

The UPS Store® franchisee upgraded FSU's existing "Print Shop" infrastructure and services by installing new enterprise-level copiers and equipment, and staffed the FSU Print Shop with adequate full and part-time employees. In doing so, The UPS Store® campus location has become Florida State University's operational partner, successfully offloading campus print services and freeing up time for school administration.

The UPS Store® location on FSU's campus manages and is the sole provider of all enterprise-level on-campus print services while still serving its more traditional role as a retailer of print, packaging, shipping and other services for students, faculty and staff.

The UPS Store at FSU provides additional print services:

  • Wide-format (signs, banners, posters, etc.)
  • Business cards
  • Letterhead
  • Binding
  • Proposals
  • Event tickets
  • Game day programs for sporting events
  • Course books
  • Promotional materials

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Kristin Howard

Franchisee, Michigan

The reason my husband and I decided to go into franchising and specifically with The UPS Store, is the different opportunities we're given with the business. The UPS Store has name recognition as well as opportunities to expand.

Debbie Adams

Franchisee, Kentucky

What I enjoy most about being a The UPS Store owner is working with my customers. We are the solution specialists for our customers.

Jim George

Franchisee, Illinios

My favorite part about The UPS Store network is the camaraderie with other franchisees. Everybody loves to help everybody else. You’re really part of a family.

Greg Murray

Franchisee, Florida

The interesting thing about The UPS Store is that when a customer walks through the door there's an extremely high probability that they're coming there to do something that is important to them. So at the end of the day, what we do for customers is very important and they are trusting that we are going to do it well.

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Mariana Huberman

Franchisee, Washington, D.C.

One of the things that I love about The UPS Store franchise system is that you're not ever in this by yourself. The franchisees of The UPS Store network are great.

Heidi Morris

Franchisee, Colorado

The thing I enjoy most about being a The UPS Store franchisee is I get to get up, go to work and know that I'm helping other business owners succeed in what they're doing.

Bob Brown

Franchisee, Tennessee

Owning a The UPS Store franchise has changed my life because it's finally given me the opportunity to engage my customers and my staff and be able to take real pride in what I do. As a franchisee, we get faced with solving peoples' problems every day and we do everything we possibly can to try to help.

Marie Jensen

Franchisee, Oregon

My favorite thing about The UPS Store is the variety. I love the variety of customers, I love the variety of services; getting to know the customers, meeting their needs, finding out how we can help them accomplish what they need to accomplish and seeing how happy they are. That makes me ecstatic.

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Tad Mollnhauer

Franchisee, Florida

With the products and services that The UPS Store provides we can make a difference in people's lives and that is the best reason for being a The UPS Store owner.

Joy Batchelor

Franchisee, Idaho

What makes being a The UPS Store franchisee worthwhile at the end of the day is the customers. The customers treat us like we're family.

Paul Erchinger

Franchisee, Texas

One nice benefit of owning a The UPS Store franchise for me has been that it gives me the opportunity to be more involved in the community. As I make relationships with others it seems like no matter what the environment is, in one way or another business comes out of that and that's not my objective—it's been a secondary benefit to being involved in the community.

Chris Reminder

Franchisee, Ohio

There are several things that I really enjoy about being a The UPS Store franchisee. First and foremost it allows me to get to know the people in the local community and that is a lot of fun. We get to see people on a regular basis. We get to know their life stories. That's a lot of fun.

Bruce Jones

Franchisee, Kentucky

Since we have joined The UPS Store, our life has changed by just having more time to spend together as a family. We've been very fortunate with the stores that we have and we have a great staff that looks out for our best interest and we look out for theirs.

Lonnie Williams

Franchisee, Oklahoma

What makes The UPS Store so successful is it gives each individual an opportunity to grow with the network and just meet the challenges that are brought to them on a daily basis. Every day gives us a new opportunity to help another person, to help another small business, to answer a question and to solve a problem.

Jeff Graham

Franchisee, Alabama

I love my customers. I love my employees. I love every person, every face that comes into my store. I enjoy every day going into work and I can't see doing anything else for the rest of my life.

Stacie Stigar

Franchisee, Alaska

I think that this franchise is so successful because of all of the resources that are available to us as center owners—we have marketing materials, we have so many different opportunities for help from the home office, and it just really makes for a great franchise.

Don Pollard

Franchisee, New Jersey

I think the thing that makes this franchise successful is a number of things. First of all we have an outstanding system, we have a great product, a great brand, and we're able to attract dynamic people to run these centers and run the business. So I think when you put all that together it really provides for a winning combination.

Mary Ellen Nichols

Franchisee, Tennessee

The thing I love about the franchise is that you have the UPS name backing you but yet you also have the autonomy to make your own decisions to promote.

Laura Griffin

Franchisee, Florida

In the eight short months I've owned my The UPS Store it has really changed my life. I've gone from being an employee of someone else to being an employer of my associates. It's a big responsibility but it's exciting every day.

Sandy Scandrett

Franchisee, Wisconsin

Being a The UPS Store franchisee has improved every aspect of my life. It's very rewarding financially, professionally, and emotionally. I have a large number of regular customers who are really, really appreciative of everything we do.

Kristie Robison

Franchisee, Alabama

I would say owning a The UPS Store location has changed my life to where I have more time and flexibility. In owning your own business you get your store up and running and you get employees that you can trust that are going to help keep your store running. This allows me to attend my two boys' ball games and also travel and do things with them so it has really changed my life for the better.