Higher education is the highest educational institution in educating and educating the nation's children to become leaders in the future. To prepare the nation's children, universities are intended to produce quality and beneficial innovations for the country. One of the innovations made by higher education institutions is to make strategies in getting new students both in quality and quantity. In one of the private universities (PTS XYZ) in the city of Surabaya, there has been a decrease in new students for the last 5 years (2015-2020). In order not to experience a decline in new students, PTS XYZ makes an interesting strategy so that new student admissions can be as maximum as possible. The approach used in this research is the SWOT analysis. The research objective of using SWOT analysis is to determine internal environmental factors and external environmental factors which are strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in digital marketing. The method used in this research is the method of observation, survey, interview, and questionnaire. The result of research using SWOT analysis is to increase new student admissions, so that it can increase the reputation of the college and optimize digital marketing.