Use Cases

Real federal labor and demographic data, shaped for whoever’s using it — see how students, counselors, and administrative staff put it to work.

Who it’s for

From choosing a major to building employer partnerships

Real federal labor and demographic data, shaped for whoever’s using it — a student picking a path, a counselor running a session, or a department making the case for a program.

Students

A student’s path through the site, roughly in order

Choosing a major

✓The assessment points you toward occupations — and the majors that actually lead to them
✓Compare puts majors side by side so the differences are obvious
✓Real earnings and outcomes data, up front, not buried
✓See whether double majoring is common, and which second majors pay off
✓1,600+ specific degree titles, organized under 176 broad majors

Planning for graduate school

✓Compare earnings with and without a graduate degree, by major
✓Occupation pages show the education levels people actually hold in the field — not just the stated minimum

Job market & internships

✓See exactly which occupations and industries people with your major go into
✓Compare breaks outcomes down by state, so you can plan for where you want to work

✓Every stage above personalizes by state and sex where the data allows — coverage varies by state.

Counselors

✓Enables data backed career and majors advising
✓Interlinks Federal career data — BLS and O*NETS — already matched to our majors and occupations data

Administrative & department staff

✓Trends in degrees granted — by state, sex, and major — with side-by-side comparison across programs
✓Clear data on which industries and occupations your graduates go into — the starting point for building relationships with the right employers