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Education Path & ROI

Seven tools covering credential ROI, graduate school comparison, MBA program fit, test prep investment, international student costs, trade vs. degree economics, and professional degree ranking. Every major education path modeled against real income data.

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Common decision scenarios covered by this category.

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Choosing a degree or certification
Calculate NPV, payback period, and 20-year ROI for any credential — bootcamp, degree, cert, or trade apprenticeship.
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Evaluating grad school or MBA programs
Compare up to 4 programs by total cost, opportunity cost, post-graduation salary lift, and net NPV.
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Planning international study
Model F-1 visa costs, OPT/STEM OPT earnings window, H-1B probability, and net US career investment.
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Trade vs. degree decision
Side-by-side NPV of apprenticeship pathways vs. four-year degree for the same target occupation.

Tools in this category

All tools run entirely in your browser. Zero PII. Policy Mandate (JSON) export on every tool.

#01 Policy Mandate ↔
Credential ROI Suite
NPV and payback period for bootcamps, degrees, and certifications. BLS salary data, 16 SOC codes.
NPVPaybackBootcampCertification
#03 Policy Mandate ↔
Graduate School ROI Comparator
Compare graduate programs by tuition, opportunity cost, earnings uplift, and 20-year NPV.
Grad SchoolProgram Comparison20-yr NPV
#17 Policy Mandate ↔
MBA Program Fit & ROI Ranker
Rank up to 4 MBA programs by COA, post-MBA salary by specialization, and fit score.
MBA ROIProgram FitSpecialization
#18 Policy Mandate ↔
Test Prep Investment Analyzer
ROI of test prep for GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL. Score gap + prep cost vs. admission value.
GMAT/GRELSAT/MCATPrep ROIScore Gap
#19 Policy Mandate ↔
International Student Cost Modeler
F-1 costs, OPT/STEM OPT earnings, H-1B lottery rates FY2020–24, non-US program comparison.
F-1 VisaOPTH-1BInternational Cost
#31 Policy Mandate ↔
Trade vs. Degree ROI Engine
NPV of apprenticeship vs. four-year degree by occupation. BLS wage data, debt-free advantage.
Trade SchoolApprenticeshipDegree NPV
#34 Policy Mandate ↔
Professional Degree ROI Ranker
Rank MD, JD, MBA, and other professional degrees by tuition, opportunity cost, and career NPV.
MD/JD/MBACareer NPVProfessional Degree

Multi-tool workflows

These workflows chain tools from this category with others — each step pre-fills the next.

Grad School Decision Engine → Education Path Decision Engine → International Career Navigator →

Policy Mandate & MCP integration

For developers and AI agents.

Every tool in this category emits a structured Policy Mandate JSON — a deterministic, schema-validated payload for agent handoff, pipeline ingestion, or advisor review. Each tool ships with a manifest.json for MCP agent discovery.

credential_roi_evaluationgraduate_school_roi_recordmba_roi_evaluationtest_prep_roi_recordinternational_student_cost_recordeducation_path_recordprofessional_degree_record (reserved)
suite-registry.json ↗ .well-known/mcp.json ↗ llms.txt ↗