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Make confident education choices with SmarterGrads. Use our smart calculator to estimate true costs, forecast earnings, and assess your return on investment.

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Why SmarterGrads

Financial
Transparency

Uncover true costs with our comprehensive calculators.

Future
Planning

Plan your education
and career with confidence.

Trusted by Schools

Partnered with leading school districts
to provide schools with actionable
insights to aid their students in making
their first important adult decisions

plan your path

Plan Your Path

Selecting the right school or program is a big decision. With SmarterGrads, you can create a personalized list of potential educational paths, making it easier to find the best fit for your goals.

Solving Key Challenges in Education

Problems

Solutions

  • Lack of financial transparency
  • Difficulty comparing educational options
  • High stress in decision-making
  • Fragmented research process
  • Uncertainty about career outcomes
solving key challenges in education
  • The ROI calculator provides clear financial insights on tuition, debt, and future earnings.
  • The Comparison tool allows easy side-by-side comparison of schools and career paths.
  • SmarterGrads simplifies the process with actionable data, reducing stress.
  • Centralized information for a streamlined, cohesive research experience.
  • The ROI calculator shows potential career earnings and job prospects for better planning.

Problems

  • Lack of financial transparency
    Lack of financial transparency
  • Lack of financial transparency
    Lack of financial transparency
  • Difficulty comparing educational options
    Difficulty comparing educational options
  • High stress in decision-making
    High stress in decision-making
  • Fragmented research process
    Fragmented research process
  • Uncertainty about career outcomes
    Uncertainty about career outcomes

Solutions

  • The ROI calculator provides clear financial insights on tuition, debt, and future earnings.
    The ROI calculator provides clear financial insights on tuition, debt, and future earnings.
  • The Comparison tool allows easy side-by-side comparison of schools and career paths.
    The Comparison tool allows easy side-by-side comparison of schools and career paths.
  • SmarterGrads simplifies the process with actionable data, reducing stress.
    SmarterGrads simplifies the process with actionable data, reducing stress.
  • Centralized information for a streamlined, cohesive research experience.
    Centralized information for a streamlined, cohesive research experience.
  • The ROI calculator shows potential career earnings and job prospects for better planning.
    The ROI calculator shows potential career earnings and job prospects for better planning.

See the Bigger Picture

Our powerful simulation capabilities allow you to model within seconds thousands of diverse career and education paths and get personalized insights into the career's earning potential, the total investment costs you should expect to incur, your take home pay expectations after college, as well as other metrics to answer the ultimate question:

Will it all be Worth it?

Career
College Name
Funds | Loan
Location
Cost of Attendence
Return on Investment (ROI)
Monthly Cost of Living
First Year Salary Breakdown
Career
College Name
Funds | Loan
Location
Cost of Attendence
Return on Investment (ROI)
Monthly Cost of Living
First Year Salary Breakdown

How It Works

1

Sign Up

Access personalized tools and resources.

2

Explore Options

Compare colleges, trade schools and careers.

3

Model and Compare Your Options

Get accurate financial insights

4

Plan Your Path

Make informed decisions with our expert guidance.

Simplify your college Decisions with SmarterGrads

Simplify your college Decisions with SmarterGrads

The SmarterGrads calculator is an excellent tool. I wish I had this when I was starting out! I love the scenario it creates showing your life after college with a projected salary!

Skylar M

Very well laid out and walks you through the pros and cons of colleges based on various factors so you are making fact based decisions on your personal needs and goals vs. what you believe to be true about big name university.

Vanessa M

I had zero concept of what the real world was like. BUT I can tell you, that if I would have had this tool it would have made a huge difference.

Casandra R

Very well laid out and walks you through the pros and cons of colleges based on various factors so you are making fact based decisions on your personal needs and goals vs. what you believe to be true about big name university.

Vanessa M

Create Comparison

Marketing Degree
University of Texas

  • $100,976
    Cost of Attendance
  • $4,209
    Monthly Cost of Living
  • 10 Years 11 Months
    Payback Period
  • 3.8x
    ROI
  • $71,740
    1st Year Salary

Accounting Degree
University of Oklahoma

  • $161,264
    Cost of Attendance
  • $4,133
    Monthly Cost of Living
  • More than 23 Years
    Payback Period
  • -.7x
    ROI
  • $49,350
    1st Year Salary

Make Confident Choices

SmarterGrads allows you to compare multiple paths side by side. We provide the insights you need to weigh the pros and cons, ensuring you make smart education choices that align with your aspirations and financial goals.

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