Direct Conversion: user visited the content page during their lead-converting session. Direct impact on the conversion.
Assisted Conversion: user visited the content page prior to or during their lead-converting session. Some influence on the conversion.
Lead vs. Start: "Lead" is form submission; "Start" is enrollment start. Both are tracked with direct + assisted attribution.
⚠ APUS lead-attribution data source migrated from PAD → Salesforce on May 1, 2025. Pre-May-2025 trends may not be apples-to-apples with later periods.