Exploring Education Overview Over 900 occupations are profiled in your mystrategic Compass site. Each of these profiles contains a lot of information. About the Job It is also Called What They Do Education Required Wages Outlook CTE Programs Common College Majors Industries that Employ this Occupation Wages by Industry Interests Work Values Things They Need to Know Things They Need to Be Able to Do Similar Occupations Workkeys Skills There is also a section that allows you to start taking action on making this occupation a part of your career plan: Rating Compatibility Create a Budget Locator Report Transition Report Find Training Find Job Openings
How to Use this Tool There are several ways to explore training and education, so we are going to explore each process step-by-step. There are three ways to directly search for what you need: Find a College Fields of Study Find Training You will see a table of colleges. You may see a lot of results Select the options you want, then click Filter. You can filter the results in a number of ways: By state By zip code and radius By student body size By campus setting By college type
5. Click on an institution name in the table. You will see a profile that includes several components: Institution Profile basic information about the institution Admissions Data a breakdown of the institution s most recent applicants by gender, acceptance rate, and ACT/SAT scores Cost and Fees estimates of the various costs associated with attending this institution Submission Requirements Checklist a list of things you need to be prepared to include with your application Tuition Estimates the cost of being a student at this institution. You can also see how the tuition has changed over the last few years Application Information if the institution has an application deadline or accepts common or universal applications, you will see that here Student Body Demographics a breakdown of the most recent student body by gender and race Enrollments the total number of students enrolled by program type Financial Aid information about types and frequency of financial aid that is made available to some or all students at this institution to make it more affordable
Athletics the institution s conference affilitation and participation in athletics, broken down by gender and by sport Majors Offered a list of majors that are offered. You will see the institution s most popular programs, but you can use the three buttons to select either all of its undergraduate programs. Each program title is a link to details about that program. You can also click on any one of them to find other institutions that offer the same program.
There is a separate window in the upper left corner of each institution profile that gives you options for making it a part of your personal career plan. There are five options: Rating You can rate an institution on a scale of 1-5 by clicking on the star that represents the rating you want to give Compatibility Based on the results from your personality profilers, your skills profile, your education level and your target college specifications, the system will rate your compatibility to the institution. If you want to see the details of how the system came to this conclusion, just click on Why?. What Will it Cost Me You can explore the costs associated with attending this institution Create a Plan You can build a personal plan to help you complete all the steps for applying here or for exploring further College Navigator This links to a government site that gives you all the information about any educational institution Fields of Study 1. Hover over the Explore Tab and select Type of Field.
2. You will see all of the families of college programs. Click on Business and Financial Operations Majors. 3. You will see a list of all the majors in this family. Click on a program title. 4. You will see a detailed profile of this program, including a description of the program, a list of similar majors, the occupations that are related to this program, and an option for finding institutions that offer it. Click on Find Insitutions offering. 5. You will now see a list of the institutions that offer this program, and you can click on any institution title to find a detailed profile like the one we studied earlier.
Decision Tools Cost of College 1. Hover over the Decide Tab and select The Cost of College 2. Click Get Started 3. Enter the title of an occupation, or select from the list of your saved occupations 4. The first screen shows you the average wages of occupations that require different levels of education within this field. Click on Choose a College. 5. You will see institutions that offer this program, as well as your saved colleges. Click on one of the institutions. 6. From here, you will see how the costs of earning this degree balance against your earning potential. By default, you will see the average values for each item. If you want to play what if, or if you know your actual numbers, you can adjust the values in the white boxes below to see the updated calculations. 7. You can use the buttons at the bottom to build a budget based on the average wages of this occupation and the average cost of student debt, or you can find other colleges that offer the same program in order to compare the costs.
Activities 1. Follow the steps above to find the college programs with the highest average wages for its related occupations. 2. What Bachelor degree program in your state offers the best earning potential? 3. What Associate degree program offers the best earning potential? 4. For the best-paying Bachelor degree program in the state, what careers can you obtain with the degree? 5. Are there any institutions in your area that offer this program? 6. Select one of the institutions and complete the following table: Institution Title Average Tuition Total Enrollments Average SAT scores of applicants Occupation Next Steps Choosing your educational pathway after high school is one of the most important things you ll ever do. Make journal entries at every step of your exploration process. Discuss what you ve learned with your family and your counselor.