College & Career Prep Unique to You

Free College Planning Tools, Scholarship Matches, and Career Exploration

The College & Career Planning App

Encourage is a comprehensive exploration and planning tool that empowers students to understand their choices for life after high school and helps them make informed decisions about their futures.

Whether students start planning in their seventh-grade or senior year, the Encourage app provides step-by-step guidance to help them set and achieve college and career goals.

Students can use Encourage to

Match with colleges that meet your wants and needs.
Explore each college: admissions, costs, student body & more.
Match with scholarship opportunities that fit your interests.
Learn about college costs and financial aid.
Get college application help and guidance.
Learn how to fill out financial aid/FAFSA forms.
Get planning advice for each semester of high school.
Explore 900+ career paths.
… and more!

Explore Careers

Match with careers based on interest or explore 900+ career paths and get critical information like education requirements, pay, job outlook, and more.

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Match with Colleges

Find the school that fits you and will set you up for your dream career. Explore and save schools you’re interested in, and understand critical information like majors, acceptance rates, cost, and outcomes.

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Match with Scholarships

Answer simple questions about your preferences, priorities about affordability, and other interests, and we’ll match you to your best-fit scholarship opportunities.

Learn More About Scholarships

Map Your Journey, Step-by-Step

Encourage breaks college and career planning into small steps, making the process as easy as possible.

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For Educators: myOptions® Encourage® College and Career Planning Program

Free College & Career Planning Tools for Educators

Through the myOptions Encourage program, we empower educators with resources to help their students envision, plan for, and realize success after high school. Each year, we serve about 1 million students across 5,000 school districts and 13,000 high schools in all 50 states.

Resources for Educators

Support for Educators & Their Students

The no cost myOptions Encourage program complements the critical college and career work you do each week, month, and quarter. It supports your students outside of 1:1 meetings.

How Encourage Supports Educators

Prepare for Success—in App or Online

Encourage is a free planning program for life after high school. Get access through your web browser or download the app (iOS and Android).

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Explore the Future Together

Download a comprehensive booklet that will help you and your student prepare for life after high school. With the help of the Encourage app, we’ll guide your student toward their college, career, and life goals. This guide covers everything from thriving in academics and acing competitive college applications to discovering fulfilling career paths – and much more!

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Match with colleges that meet your wants and needs.
Explore each college: admissions, costs, student body & more.
Match with scholarship opportunities that fit your interests.
Learn about college costs and financial aid.
Get college application help and guidance.
Learn how to fill out financial aid/FAFSA forms.
Get planning advice for each semester of high school.
Explore 900+ career paths.
… and more!

The College &
Career Planning App

Whether students start planning in their eighth-grade or senior year, the Encourage app provides step-by-step guidance to help them set and achieve college and career goals. The app provides checklists and milestones so students stay on track and never miss a deadline.

Encourage is a comprehensive exploration and planning tool that empowers students to understand their choices for life after high school and helps them make informed decisions about their futures.

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